On Monday, Florida jury tacked on an additional $25.1 million punitive damages award for Hulk Hogan. This amounts to a total of $140.1 million awarded to the former pro wrestler after the jury found in his favor and awarded him $115 million this past Friday. Gawker Media was ordered to pay $15 million while Nick […]
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Florida to amend law disclosing MMA promoter information
A Florida law set to go into effect this July will tighten an already broad exemption to exclude MMA promoter information from a public records requests. The new law amends the Florida state public records exemption of 548.062 which indicates that all confidential business information required to be filed with the Florida State Boxing Commission after […]
Jury awards Hogan $115M in Gawker lawsuit
On Friday, a Florida jury awarded Hulk Hogan $115 million in damages against news entity Gawker after it posted a sex tape of Hogan without his knowledge. It is too early to know whether Gawker will appeal but according to CNN Reporter Tom Kludt Florida law requires a party to post a bond for the […]
Silva will likely fight outside NV in spite of ban
Jack Encarnacao of The Boston Herald writes that Wanderlei Silva may seek to fight in another jurisdiction outside of Nevada prior to the end of the three year ban issued by the commission this past week. The Nevada State Athletic Commission issued a 3-year ban for evading a drug test leading up to UFC 175. […]
Rousey files for “FTA” trademark
Ronda Rousey has filed five trademarks for “FTA” which stands for “F*** Them All” per ESPN’s Darren Rovell. The FTA trademark would apply to a variety of materials for the proposed brand including apparel, stickers, removable tattoo transfers, cosmetics and MMA entertainment services The trademarks were filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office […]