Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - December 2023

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Sports:

  • A state appellate court’s ruling that “Pennsylvania Skill Games” aren’t illegal gambling could have repercussions for the state’s legal gambling industry, enforcers hunting illegal gambling machines, and “skill games” operators around the country. ‘Skill Games’ Ruling Could Chill Gambling Crackdowns – Law360
  • UFC fighters assailed the company for trying to avoid trial next year on antitrust claims alleging it suppressed wages by up to $1.6 billion through coercive, exclusive contracts and the purchase of rival promoters, telling an NV federal judge UFC’s arguments for dismissal are deeply contradictory. Fighters Say UFC Can’t Avoid Wage Suppression Trial – Law360

NCAA:

NFL:

  • The National Football League has urged the 2nd Circuit to dismiss an appeal of a lower court’s decision to compel arbitration by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores and others for portions of their racial discrimination suit, arguing they have no right to such an appeal under federal arbitration law. NFL Says Flores Can’t Ask 2nd Circ. To Undo Arbitration Move – Law360
  • An NFL retirement and disability plan has asked a FL federal court to nix a lawsuit from a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end who claims he wrongly missed out on a high level of injury benefits, arguing the player didn’t exhaust administrative remedies before filing his complaint. Ex-NFL Player Never Properly Challenged Benefits, Plan Claims – Law360
  • Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre plans to appeal to the 5th Circuit as he tries to keep alive his defamation suit against commentator Shannon Sharpe for comments the ex-tight end made on Fox Sports regarding Favre’s ties to an MS welfare scandal. Favre Taking Sharpe Defamation Suit To 5th Circ. – Law360

Entertainment:

MUSIC

MOVIES & TV

  • This week, a CA federal court will host a jury trial over allegations that Disney owes profits from the billion-dollar Emma Watson blockbuster Beauty and the Beast remake to ex-Microsoft executive Steve Perlman‘s digital effects company for infringing copyright-protected software to make the movie’s live-action Beast. IP Forecast: Beauty And The Copyright-Protected Beast – Law360
  • A CA federal judge has rejected a screenwriter’s allegations that Twentieth Century Fox, Disney and Creative Artists Agency ripped off a script he pitched to them in the process of developing 2019’s Ad Astra, ruling that the “undisputed facts” warrant siding with the companies. 20th Century, CAA Defeat Writer’s Suit Over ‘Ad Astra’ Script – Law360

BOOKS & VIDEO GAMES

MEANWHILE, IN HOLLYWOOD…

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