Overlawyered » sports http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 “The most plausible route to the death of football…” http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/the-most-plausible-route-to-the-death-of-football/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/the-most-plausible-route-to-the-death-of-football/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:30:16 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27543 “…starts with liability suits.” As concussion suits mount, will broadcast networks and high school referees need to worry about being named as defendants along with team franchises, schools, helmet manufacturers and other more obvious defendants? [Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier, Grantland, via Ilya Somin]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/the-most-plausible-route-to-the-death-of-football/feed/ 2 Legal challenge to Ellison on America’s Cup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/legal-challenge-to-ellison-on-americas-cup/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/legal-challenge-to-ellison-on-americas-cup/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:34:50 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27252 It’s being pursued by the obscure nonprofit African Diaspora Maritime Corp. from landlocked Raleigh, North Carolina, with help from major law firm McDermott Will & Emery. Ellison himself has pursued extensive litigation over the yachting event. [News & Observer]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/legal-challenge-to-ellison-on-americas-cup/feed/ 2 NBA-er: team’s medical ineligibility ruling was disability discrimination http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/nba-er-teams-medical-ineligibility-ruling-was-disability-discrimination/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/nba-er-teams-medical-ineligibility-ruling-was-disability-discrimination/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:05:30 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25754 “Former National Basketball Association player Cuttino Mobley sued Madison Square Garden LP, parent of the New York Knicks, alleging that the team discriminated against him based on what it perceived to be a disability.
Mobley, who hasn’t played since the 2008-09 season, says the Knicks ended his career by having him declared medically ineligible to play because of a heart ailment, according to the complaint filed today in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.” [Bloomberg, NY Post]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/nba-er-teams-medical-ineligibility-ruling-was-disability-discrimination/feed/ 1 “It’s not like I sue him every day” http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/%e2%80%9cits-not-like-i-sue-him-every-day/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/%e2%80%9cits-not-like-i-sue-him-every-day/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:24:42 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25752 …says a lawyer who’s sued ex-NBA star Allen Iverson three times, most recently over an alleged bar fight, and who professes surprise that Iverson turned irate at a recent deposition. [Detroit News]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/%e2%80%9cits-not-like-i-sue-him-every-day/feed/ 1 High school booster clubs http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/high-school-booster-clubs/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/high-school-booster-clubs/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:15:45 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24653 The vise of Title IX regulation keeps tightening.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/high-school-booster-clubs/feed/ 3 Claim: NY Yankee top hat logo copies her uncle’s 1936 design http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/claim-ny-yankee-top-hat-logo-copies-her-uncles-1936-design/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/claim-ny-yankee-top-hat-logo-copies-her-uncles-1936-design/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:12:40 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22660 A spokeswoman for the baseball team said there was “no proof” of the woman’s claim. “This is a wonderful country,” said [Alice] McGillion, “where anybody can sue for anything, even when the allegations are over 70 years old.” [NY Post] More: Unbeige (on possible evidence for claim).

Also on sports logo law: “Can I legally get myself tattooed with a pro sports team’s logo?” [Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/claim-ny-yankee-top-hat-logo-copies-her-uncles-1936-design/feed/ 5 April 14 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-14-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-14-roundup/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:07:49 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22513
  • “Raging Bitch”: Frederick (Md.) brewery says its beer label is a First Amendment issue [Frederick News-Post]
  • UK soccer: Sunderland fan sues club after being hit by stray Djibril Cissé shot [Guardian]
  • DirectBuy: “When 36 AGs Object to Your Class Action Settlement, That’s Not a Good Sign” [Karlsgodt] “Court reduces fees after CCAF objection to HP settlement” [Ted Frank] Russell Jackson on ink-cartridge settlements;
  • Time for Congress to repeal the Uniform Federal Drinking Age Act [Glenn Reynolds/WSJ via WSJ Law Blog]
  • Claim: business investment isn’t really much impaired by regulatory uncertainty [Lardner]
  • Update: “Righthaven drops suit against mildly autistic hobby blogger” [Romenesko, earlier] And it sues, then drops suit against, writer based on his article about one of its suits [ArsTechnica, PaidContent]
  • George Wallace hosts Blawg Review #304 at Declarations and Exceptions and #305 at A Fool in the Forest;
  • Suspicious website promotes nonexistent law firm [Brian Baxter, AmLaw Daily]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-14-roundup/feed/ 9     April 4 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-4-roundup-4/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-4-roundup-4/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:40:04 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22347
  • Verbal fireworks from Judge Kozinski in Ninth Circuit “stolen valor” case [Above the Law]
  • Measure of artificially contrived scarcity: “NYC Taxi Medallions Approach $1 Million.” Would officials in Washington, D.C. really consider introducing such a destructive system? [Perry, more]
  • Workers’ comp OK’d in case where simulated chicken head blamed for subsequent emotional disability [Lowering the Bar]
  • “NBA referee sues sports writer over tweet” [Siouxsie Law] “Lessons from Dan Snyder’s Libel Suit” [Paul Alan Levy/CL&P, earlier]
  • Litigation rates similar for poor and good nursing homes, researchers find [US News] Effects of medical liability reform in Texas [White Coat, scroll] New York’s Cuomo caves on medical liability plan [Heritage] Sued if you do, sued if you don’t in the emergency room [same]
  • “Federal Government Wants to Bully School Bullies, and Demands School Help” [Doherty, Bader, Popehat, Bernstein] New York law firm launches school-bullying practice [Constitutional Daily]
  • Mass tort settlements: “The market for specious claims” [S. Todd Brown, Buffalo, SSRN]
  • Could Gene McCarthy’s candidacy have survived Arizona elections law? [Trevor Burrus, HuffPo]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-4-roundup-4/feed/ 3     “I never thought we’d be trademarking a high school logo” http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/i-never-thought-wed-be-trademarking-a-high-school-logo/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/i-never-thought-wed-be-trademarking-a-high-school-logo/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:13:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20437 IP worries filter down to the junior football scrimmage. [New York Times]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/i-never-thought-wed-be-trademarking-a-high-school-logo/feed/ 2     High school sports booster clubs http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/high-school-sports-booster-clubs/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/high-school-sports-booster-clubs/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:20:53 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20182 A new Department of Education Title IX settlement casts a shadow on their fundraising efforts, reports the College Sports Council: “When they talk about ‘adverse’ effects, what they really mean is that boys sports have an easier time raising money from boosters than girls sports.”

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