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Feb 2, 20223 min read

NEW: Lawsuit Filed Against Houston Rockets’ Owner Tilman Fertitta’s Golden Nugget Online Gaming

Plaintiff Dr. Robert Corwin is an owner of Class A stock of Golden Nugget Online Gaming ($GNOG). Corwin brough this action in Delaware...

Brendan Bell

Dec 23, 20213 min read

Turning Back the Clock on Forfeit Policies in College Basketball

Coming into the college basketball season, things were a lot different than they are at this moment in time. Fall sports were going as...

Jason Re

Dec 22, 20215 min read

The Delicate Legal Art of Financing, Building, and Naming a Stadium in America: Part 3 - Naming

As noted in Part I, naming rights can be a crucial piece of securing funding for a stadium to be built - providing for tens of millions...

Matthew Netti

Dec 3, 20216 min read

The Expanding Pathways to the NBA

Michael Jordan and North Carolina. Patrick Ewing and Georgetown. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (known as Lew Alcindor at the time) and UCLA. All...

NEW: Former Brooklyn Nets’ Employees Sue Team, Allege Unlawful Race Discrimination

Jason Morrin

Nov 16, 20215 min read

NEW: Former Brooklyn Nets’ Employees Sue Team, Allege Unlawful Race Discrimination

Yesterday, two former Brooklyn Nets’ equipment attendants sued the franchise in United States District Court for the Eastern District of...

Matthew Netti

Nov 15, 20215 min read

The Potential Removal of Phoenix Suns Owner Robert Sarver

Seven even years ago Donald Sterling was forced to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after audio of racist remarks to his girlfriend, V....

Evan Mattel

Nov 12, 20213 min read

Contact is Competitive, Assault is Not

Sports are inherently physical in nature. Football, basketball, soccer, and hockey are the first examples that come to mind when someone...

Conlan Farrell

Nov 12, 20213 min read

The Walking Dead: Sarver’s Conduct Leaves Suns Employees Breathlessly Disturbed

"If the commissioner comes in and investigates to see what the f--- is going on in Phoenix, [he] would be appalled." That is how one...

Chris D'Avanzo

Oct 28, 20212 min read

Rich Paul Strikes Back Against Nerlens Noel in $58M Lawsuit

Knicks center Nerlens Noel sued Klutch Sports Group and ex-agent Rich Paul in early August of this year for lost earnings of up to $58...

Sacramento Kings Handling Bagley Situation like Jesters

Evan Mattel

Oct 22, 20214 min read

Sacramento Kings Handling Bagley Situation like Jesters

The Sacramento Kings have long been maligned for their inability to evaluate and draft NBA-caliber talent. Over the past decade, they’ve...

Chris D'Avanzo

Oct 21, 20213 min read

Ben Simmons Drama & The NBA CBA

Sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, “Ben Simmons had been thrown out of practice by Rivers after he declined several times to sub in...

Kyrie Irving: Not Playing But The Nets Are Stuck Paying

Matthew Netti

Oct 14, 20215 min read

Kyrie Irving: Not Playing But The Nets Are Stuck Paying

We have new developments in the exhausting, ever-changing saga surrounding Kyrie Irving and his vaccination status. Fans shouldn’t start...

Chris D'Avanzo

Oct 8, 20212 min read

18 Former NBA Players Arrested in Health Care Fraud Scheme

“18 NBA veterans were arrested by federal authorities and are named in the indictment, and all are facing a count of conspiracy to commit...

Stephon Burton

Oct 7, 20212 min read

Terrence Williams: Alleged Ringleader of Plot to Defraud NBA Benefits Plan

On Thursday, October 7, 2021, an indictment listed 18 ex-NBA players charged in the United States District Court for the Southern...

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