From the VitaminWater beverage folks, a series of videos about an obnoxious lawyer who supposedly champions athletes’ rights.
Posts Tagged ‘sports’
“Teen Claims School Violated ADA by Barring Basketball with Service Dog”
“A Chicago area teen claims in a lawsuit that her high school violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it barred her from playing basketball with the help of her service dog.” The president of Special Olympics Illinois, which sponsors the team that turned down Jenny Youngwith’s request, “said the group has to make decisions based on the safety of all the athletes.” [ABA Journal]
Annals of rape allegations
“A Louisville police detective testified Monday that she was surprised to see television reporters outside the police station when Karen Sypher arrived to file a rape report last year against University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.” [USA Today, more] A year ago Sypher’s lawyer wrote Pitino a letter demanding $10 million on threat of suit. Sypher is now on trial for alleged extortion and her then lawyer has given testimony for the prosecution. [ABA Journal]
Canada: boys dropped from junior hockey team, parents sue
By reader acclaim: “Two sets of parents are suing the Greater Toronto Hockey League, one of its clubs and four coaches for $25,000 each because their sons were cut by the Avalanche Minor Sports Club midget junior A team during tryouts in April.” One father claims the defendants’ conduct “destroyed the dignity” of his son and caused him to suffer “irreparable psychological damage.” [Toronto Star]
$1 million for study on schools, ads and kids’ food
Want to get a local potato chip company to sponsor the scoreboard at your high school athletic field? Washington may soon be making that decision for you. Adam Cassandra of CNSNews.com quotes me in this piece on the federal government’s deepening involvement in school food issues, and the price it brings in local control.
Lawyers making clients worse off dept.: Hull edition
Hull City AFC midfielder Tom Cairney’s contract negotiations have fallen through with his Premier League side. His lawyer sent his manager a letter ordering him not to talk to the player. So now Cairney is riding the bench—though the manager has since been fired, after a four-game losing streak. [The Sun; SportHull; BBC]
Tweet ye not
Agency Spy: “Brands Scolded for Tweeting About Olympics”
“Blonde we like wins Downhill (Last name rhymes with Bonn’)”
A gear seller says it got a stern letter from an IOC lawyer against even mentioning a famous Olympian who has used its wares [UVEXSports]
Annals of sports trademarks
Two Chicago grocery store chains, Jewel and Dominick’s, bought full-page ads in “a special commemorative issue of Sports Illustrated magazine dedicated to [Michael] Jordan and his career”. The ads saluted the Chicago Bulls great for his achievements. Jordan proceeded to sue them for trademark infringement. [Chicago Breaking Sports, Tactical IP via Legal Satyricon]
“Lingerie League Gets Litigious”
A group called the Lingerie Football League is flexing lawyerly muscle against both disgruntled former players who have criticized the league online and The Smoking Gun, which is covering the story.