In this episode of The Legal Submission I take a look at the Mladen Miljas jury verdict and the post-trial request by Greg Cohen to overturn the verdict and request a new trial.
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Jake Paul pays SEC fine for promoting crypto without disclosing payment
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against 8 celebrities for illegally touting crypto assets Tronix TRX and/or BitTorrent BTT without disclosing that they were compensated for doing so and the amount of their compensation. The list includes boxer Jake Paul. In addition, Lindsay Lohan, Soulja Boy, Austin Mahone, Kendra Lust, Lil Yachty, Ne-Yo and […]
Miljas requests attorney fees and costs from Cohen
Attorneys for boxer Mladen Miljas have filed a motion for costs and attorneys’ fees for promoter Greg Cohen after prevailing in a jury trial last month. The Canadian Heavyweight sued his former promoter and won a jury trial which awarded him $825,732.75. In a court filing his attorneys are asking for over $370,000 in addition […]
Boxer wins jury verdict against promoter
A jury in Iowa found boxing promoter Greg Cohen liable for breach of contract, violations of the Ali Act, fraudulent inducement and tortious interference with business relationship to his former heavyweight Milad Miljas. The jury award the Canadian Heavyweight over $1 million. The lawsuit stems from Miljas’ lawsuit in which he claims that Cohen breached […]
MLW on Reelz debuts with 79K viewers
Major League Wrestling debuted on the Reelz network Tuesday drawing 79,000 viewers and 0.03 in the 18-49 demo. It was good enough for 130th overall in cable. In comparison, NXT on the USA Network drew 562,000 viewers and a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo. MLW, which is involved in a lawsuit with WWE, previously […]