By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 11, 2017
The court found that it could not determine to a legal certainty that fencing club could not meet the $75,000 amount in controversy requirement in fencing club's breach of contract and unjust enrichment action against fencing coach and club pleaded sufficient facts to form the elements of breach of contract and breach of the noncompete agreement because coach's argument that he had no obligation to schedule any classes at all was an "evasion of the spirit of the bargain." Motion to dismiss denied.
By Max Mitchell | August 8, 2017
Four Florida law firms that banded together into a limited liability company are disputing attorney fees in nearly 200 cases involved in the National Football League's concussion-related settlement.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 4, 2017
Any former National Football League players seeking benefits from the league's $1 billion settlement fund must register by Aug. 7, lawyers announced Friday.
By Max Mitchell | August 1, 2017
Former baseball star Pete Rose's defamation lawsuit against a member of President Donald Trump's legal team took a hit Monday when a court filing brought to light allegations from an alleged victim who said she had sex with Rose while under the age of 16. The filing significantly shifts the focus of the litigation, and has left some wondering whether Rose should have filed the case at all.
By Max Mitchell | July 17, 2017
A federal court in Pennsylvania has trimmed the claims that former baseball star Pete Rose can bring against the man who investigated him for betting in the 1980s. That man, attorney John Dowd, had acted as special counsel to Major League Baseball, and gave a 2015 radio interview in which, Rose alleged, the lawyer said the ex-player committed statutory rape.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Res judicata/collateral estoppel barred plaintiffs from litigating tort claims in state court after those claims were dismissed in federal court under the gist of the action and economic loss doctrines. Order of the trial court affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Category 2 slot machine license application remanded for reconsideration by Gaming Control Board after it failed to consider whether a post-licensure capital infusion by one of the applicant's affiliates would cause his stake in the licensee to exceed the 33.3 percent threshold. Order of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reversed, case remanded for reconsideration.
By Charles Toutant | June 21, 2017
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Mitch Williams was awarded $1.5 million by a state court jury in Camden Tuesday in his breach of contract suit against MLB Network.
By Lizzy McLellan | June 15, 2017
The jurors in Bill Cosby's criminal case continued to weigh the charges against him Thursday afternoon, after reporting earlier in the day that they were deadlocked on their fourth day of deliberations.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 5, 2017
Lock Haven University has been hit with a class action by eight female athletes claiming the school treats men's and women's sports teams unequally and does not provide enough opportunities for women to join teams.
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