Legal & Governance

The California state auditor is “set to launch an investigation into the failed Angel Stadium sale ” and whether the Angels “have complied with the current stadium lease,” according to Bill Shaikin of the L.A. TIMES. The audit request from state Sen. Tom Umberg and Assemblyman Avelino Valencia...

Some of the memories have faded now. Thirty years later, Donald Fehr doesn’t remember exactly how he spent the final moments of the 1994 Major League Baseball season, which ended on Aug. 12 when the players began a strike that ultimately led, one month later, to the...

Cardinals WR Marvin Harrison Jr. in court filings said that the contract that gave Fanatics his exclusive autograph rights for trading cards “might have been signed by his company -- but it was never signed by him,” according to Darren Rovell of CLLCT. In May 2023, Fanatics...

A federal judge has "overturned the jury verdict in the NFL Sunday Ticket lawsuit," according to Ryan Young of YAHOO SPORTS. A jury ruled last month that the league had "violated antitrust laws by selling its 'Sunday Ticket' package only on DirectTV at an inflated price," and found...

The judge who presided in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL said that the jury did "not follow his instructions in determining damages." U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez made the remark as he heard the NFL’s post-trial motion asking that Gutierrez "rule...

The ACC has "agreed to provide redacted copies of the its media contracts" to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody 's office, which will "end Moody's lawsuit against the league " just days before a scheduled July 22 court hearing in Leon County. Ultimately, the documents "will be...

Nike this week sued L.A.-based custom sneaker business The Shoe Surgeon, seeking over $60M in damages for what it’s called an “egregious display of widespread [trademark] infringement that has even crossed into willful counterfeiting of iconic Nike products,” including the counterfeit of more than 30 Nike trademarks. The lawsuit,...

After “several delays,” a new baseball stadium for the Rays “appears to be headed for approval later this week” by the City Council, according to Colleen Wright of the TAMPA BAY TIMES. Tuesday was the fifth meeting since a tentative deal was struck between the city, Pinellas County, the...

In new court filings this week, the NFL’s lawyers acknowledged the financial threat posed by the $4.7 billion “Sunday Ticket” antitrust verdict -- even if they ultimately win the case on appeal. The league raised this concern while arguing to delay any enforcement of the verdict while the post-trial arguments...

A Nevada district court has denied the A’s request to “get involved in a lawsuit between a state teachers’ union and the state itself” regarding the public funding for the team's proposed new ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip, saying that the state “can handle the matter on its...