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Legal Analysis
Tarun Sharma
Aug 20, 20213 min read
MLB’s Pairing of New Luxury Tax Threshold With Salary Floor Presents Conundrum
The Athletic’s Evan Drellich and Ken Rosenthal reported on Wednesday that MLB has proposed lowering the initial luxury tax threshold[1]...
Matthew F. Tympanick
Aug 17, 20214 min read
Trevor Bauer Fights Consent: What His Texts Can't Say
As expected, Bauer’s attorneys have zeroed in on text messages by the alleged victim where she is sounds like she was more than ok with...
Matthew F. Tympanick
Aug 14, 20213 min read
Habit Evidence: Trevor Bauer’s Alleged Past Might Come Back to Haunt Him
As reported by the Washington Post today, it appears that Trevor Bauer faced a similar complaint from an Ohio woman in 2020. This alleged...
Matthew D. Batista
Aug 13, 20214 min read
A Cleveland Controversy, Carved From Sandstone
The Cleveland Indians, via Tom Hanks narration, recently announced their name change to the Cleveland Guardians. However, reaction to the...
Matthew F. Tympanick
Aug 12, 20213 min read
Trevor Bauer Brings the Heat in His Recent Court Filings
As reported by TMZ today, Trevor Bauer is suggesting that his alleged accuser edited her injury photographs and also claimed that she had...
Stephanie Weissenburger
Aug 9, 20212 min read
JUST IN: Barstool’s Streaming Deal Could Be A Home Run
Just last week, Penn National Gaming – who has gained a whole lot of attention since purchasing a 36% stake in Barstool Sports in January...
Jason Morrin
Aug 7, 20213 min read
Ex-Birmingham Barons Employee Claims Omar Vizquel Sexually Assaulted Him
A lawsuit alleging sexual harassment was filed yesterday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama,...
Dean Rosenberg
Aug 6, 20213 min read
MLB & The CBA: Why Some Minor Issues are a Major Problem
MLB Structure and the CBA’s Role: Major League Baseball (“MLB”) is governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”) negotiated...
Matthew F. Tympanick
Aug 5, 20216 min read
The People v. Trevor Andrew Bauer Part I: The Trial Before the Trial
We have all read the stories and seen the pictures. However, what is going on behind the scenes? Every potential criminal case begins the...
Rebekah Ansbro
Aug 5, 20216 min read
The New York Mess: The Draft Pool And The Mets Mismanagement
Coming off a division one-leading 14 win season with 179 strikeouts in 122 innings,[1] Vanderbilt pitcher Kumar Rocker finds himself...
Stephanie Weissenburger
Aug 4, 20215 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Roller Derby Exec Explains Baseball Guardians' Critical Oversight
As I reported previously, the Cleveland Indians baseball team should have never underestimated a roller derby team. But they did, and now it
Brendan Bell
Aug 2, 20214 min read
Kumar Rocker's Failed Signing Highlights Problem With MLB Draft
With the signing period for players selected in the MLB First Year Player Draft recently concluded, the biggest headline that emerged was...
Stephanie Weissenburger
Aug 2, 20214 min read
Roller Derby Guardians New Trademark Filing: Show Me The Money!
Here's an update on the developing story surrounding the MLB’s Cleveland Indians name change that we broke on ConductDetrimental.com.
Mikal-Ellen Suzuki Bennett
Jul 30, 20214 min read
Trademark Bungling? Translation: It’s Cleveland
Image from CNN There are some “special” places in this world. And then…there’s Cleveland. Sitting all alone up there, in a class by...
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