Sports News for the Week of December 3rd

By Bennett Liebman

Performance Sports Investors Score $13M Deal In Fraud Suit

https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1445034/performance-sports-investors-score-13m-deal-in-fraud-suit

Meet The 3 Ex-BigLaw Attys Trying To Solve The MLB Lockout

https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1444648/meet-the-3-ex-biglaw-attys-trying-to-solve-the-mlb-lockout

These States Restrict How Transgender Students Participate in School Sports

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-12-01/these-states-restrict-how-transgender-students-participate-in-school-sports

ACLU: Federal judge rejects dismissal of Harrison County

https://www.wvnews.com/theet/news/aclu-federal-judge-rejects-dismissal-of-harrison-county-west-virginia-students-challenge-of-transgender-sports/article_de1980f2-53c1-11ec-a0e4-770eb507d674.html

Antonio Brown shouldn't get a pass this time around

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/antonio-brown-shouldnt-get-a-pass-this-time-around-after-duping-buccaneers-regarding-covid-vaccination/

Name, Image, and Likeness: Five Months into the NCAA's New Frontier

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/name-image-and-likeness-five-months-1219411/

NFL secures another victory in Oakland relocation litigation

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/12/02/nfl-secures-another-victory-in-oakland-relocation-litigation/

NFL wins again in Raiders relocation suit. So why did St. Louis go the other way?

https://theathletic.com/2994805/2021/12/02/nfl-wins-again-in-raiders-relocation-suit-so-why-did-st-louis-go-the-other-way/

Will NFL take a fresh look at its relocation rules, post-St Louis?

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/12/01/will-nfl-take-a-fresh-look-at-its-relocation-rules-post-st-louis/

Trading Card Cos. Settle Dueling Antitrust, Trademark Claim

https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1445042/trading-card-cos-settle-dueling-antitrust-trademark-claims

Don King wins: Judge Tosses Some Of The Lawsuit From Boxer

https://radaronline.com/p/don-king-boxing-champion-title-strip-lawsuit/

NFL Concussion Lawyer Fights Order to Repay Litigation Funds

https://litigationfinancejournal.com/nfl-concussion-lawyer-fights-order-to-repay-litigation-funder/

MLB Lockout Legal Ramifications Labor Law CBA Antitrust Curt Flood Act

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/mlb-lockout-legal-1234647695/

WWE Leverages NIL Rules Changes To Find Future Stars

https://www.sportico.com/business/sponsorship/2021/wwe-launches-nil-wrestling-to-find-future-stars-1234647794/

Corey Seager Contract Rangers Taxes

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/corey-seager-contract-1234647560/

BYB Extreme Fighting Sues Triller Fight Club over Triangular Ring, https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/byb-extreme-fighting-1234647512/

Enes Kanter Freedom U.S. Citizen Immigration Law Name Change

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2021/enes-kanter-freedom-1234647460/

WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/sports/tennis/wta-china-peng-shuai.html?referringSource=articleShare

Gibson Dunn Seeking Sanctions Against Wigdor in Lawsuit Against James Dolan

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2021/12/02/gibson-dunn-seeking-sanctions-against-wigdor-in-lawsuit-against-james-dolan/?slreturn=20211103142639

https://heitnerlegal.com/wp-content/uploads/Oakley-sanctions.pdf

Euro 2020 final - Independent review finds 'ticketless, drunken thugs' could have caused death during England vs Italy

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/euro-2020/2021/euro-2020-final-independent-review-finds-ticketless-drunken-thugs-could-have-caused-death-during-eng_sto8653909/story.shtml

Former US AG Eric Holder tabbed to arbitrate Chargers ownership dispute

https://theathletic.com/2991315/2021/12/01/former-us-ag-eric-holder-tabbed-to-arbitrate-chargers-ownership-dispute/

How WTA Chief Steve Simon Took on China Over Peng Shuai

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/sports/tennis/steve-simon-peng-shuai-wta.html

In Peng Shuai case, critics see history of IOC treating authoritarian hosts with kid gloves

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/peng-shuai-case-critics-see-history-ioc-treating-authoritarian-hosts-k-rcna7412

Straight or gay, public kissing will be a potential danger at the World Cup in Qatar

https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2021/12/02/straight-or-gay-public-kissing-will-be-a-danger-at-the-world-cup-in-qatar/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Tension between Australia and Djokovic, a reflection of the dangers at hand and the difficulties of world sport today

https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2021/12/01/tension-between-australia-and-djokovic-a-reflection-of-the-dangers-at-hand-and-the-difficulties-of-world-sport-today/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter