Getting anything done in Albany is difficult and leads to frustration and efforts to legalize MMA are no exception. As I stated recently during an interview with TapouT Radio, I believed the odds of MMA being legalized in New York State this year would go up dramatically if Governor Cuomo, like Governor Patterson last year, included a provision in his Executive Budget lifting […]
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Oregon’s Law School to Host MMA Panel at Conference
The University of Oregon’s Sports and Entertainment Law Forum is set to host the 2011 Sports and Entertainment Law Conference in Portland, Oregon on Friday, January 28th. This year’s conference will feature five different panels that focus on the business and law of the sports industry: MMA: The Legal Aspects of an Emerging Sport Sports […]
Former Tapout Employee Receives $3.2M Jury Award
Following up on my earlier post, Former TapouT Employee’s Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Set for Trial in January – Claims Against Kreiner Dismissed, according to the Beverley Hills Courier, the former employee, Michelle Thomas “was today awarded $2.4 million in punitive damages by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury.” According to the article, “[t]he panel deliberated for about a […]
Another (much bigger) Victory For Zuffa
I have previously posted on Zuffa’s lawsuit against Bellator and Pavia — a post with earlier links is here, and, most recently posted on the Court’s denial of Bellator’s motion to stay discovery pending resolution of Bellator’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. As I noted in my most recent post: I will keep monitoring to see […]
UFC sues Justin.tv for piracy
Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC has sued Justin.tv for repeated illegal uploading of UFC PPV events on its web site. The UFC sent out a press release Friday afternoon notifying all of its lawsuit filed in the United States District Court of Nevada. From the UFC press release: The Justin.tv website enables anyone […]