The Legal Submission 92 takes a look at the trial court in the Orange County Superior Court overturning a jury verdict in favor of Paradigm Sports Management in its lawsuit against Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao’s attorneys argued that due to the fact that Paradigm did not hold a valid boxing manager’s license in the state of […]
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The Legal Submission 91
Jones pleads not guilty to incident with drug testing agents
Jon Jones was charged with two misdemeanors related to an incident at his New Mexico home on March 30. Representatives of Drug Free Sport arrived at his house on March 30 to collect a sample as part of the UFC Anti-Doping agency. An alleged incident occurred in which one of the agents stated that Jones […]
Judge Boulware skeptical of latest antitrust settlement proposal
On Friday, the parties in the Le and Johnson antitrust lawsuits met to go over the latest settlement proposals. While the parties provided more of a picture of the settlement, Judge Boulware remained skeptical of the original $335M settlement. The UFC agreed to settle with a class of 1,200 athletes short of an April trial […]
Court overturns Paradigm win against Pacquiao
An Orange County (CA) Superior Court has ruled in favor of Manny Pacquiao in overturning a jury verdict based on the legal theory of illegality. Pacquiao’s argument was that the agreement he entered into with Paradigm were void because the company did not have a valid manager’s license in California. Paradigm sill has a right […]