Jack Nicklaus just scored a $1 million win in a New York court, striking back against his former company’s attempt to control his personal brand…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law
Happy Spring from the Kaufman & Canoles ESOPs, Benefits & Compensation team! We hope you’re shaking off the winter blues and ready for another round of benefits updates…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Managing risk in the employment law circus isn’t always easy when the rules change like they are contortionists. The 41st Annual Employment Law Update will highlight recent changes to the law and how employers can most…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The settlement of a $2.8 billion federal class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by athletes against the NCAA and the largest conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) was approved by the defendants and plaintiffs in May…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, Personal Injury
UFC has urged a Nevada federal court not to certify a class of fighters in the second antitrust lawsuit it is facing over allegedly suppressed wages, saying the class is legally defective because the plaintiffs who filed the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Criminal Law, Intellectual Property
On Monday, the Court of Appeals of Virginia issued a significant decision about private road easements often referred to as “Ryder” easements. In Becker Building Company, LLC, et al. v. Scott W. Keller, et al., the Court upheld…
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/ Civil Remedies, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
A New York federal judge has tossed several school district lawsuits seeking to void a state law banning the use of Native American team mascots and names, throwing out individual board members’ free speech claims but saying…
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Twelve current and former tennis professionals filed a proposed antitrust class action in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing the sport’s governing bodies of operating as a “cartel” that manipulates pay and rankings,…
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Former University of Michigan football players are fighting to keep a proposed class action seeking $50 million in compensation for their names, images and likenesses in Michigan federal court and fend off what they called…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Communications & Media Law, Criminal Law, Intellectual Property
The Treasury Department announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing Corporate Transparency Act regulatory deadlines…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
A former staffer accusing World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and two of its former executives, including former CEO Vince McMahon, of assault and sex trafficking defended her bid to add more detail to her complaint, arguing…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Criminal Law, Intellectual Property
Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of Virginia held that when a deed conveys “all that certain tract or parcel of land, consisting of a . . . right of way,” that right of way is conveyed in fee simple, not as an easement. In Biller…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The Trump administration’s challenge of Maine’s policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports will provide an unusual test of a federal anti-discrimination law and could take years to resolve…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Intellectual Property
Under Virginia law, separation occurs when at least one spouse forms the intent to permanently separate. Consider these practical steps to protect your property interests.
Originally published in the February 2025 issue of…
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The NFL, MLB, NCAA and NASCAR said they support a bill introduced in Congress on Thursday that would give state and local law enforcement the ability to disable drones during sporting events, which the leagues say have become an…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
