Audie Attar, the combat sports agent for Conor McGregor, has filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against Manny Pacquiao for breach of contract. Attar’s sports agency claims that Pacquiao breached his contract with them and is seeking recovery a $3 million advance to the 42-year-old. The lawsuit, according to The Athletic’s Lance Pugmire, […]
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Booker T loses his copyright case against Activision
It took a little over 3 hours for a Texas jury determined that Activision did not violate copyright laws as claimed by former WWE wrestler Booker Huffman (aka Booker T). The issue at hand was whether Booker’s “GI Bro” character was used in the Call of Duty video game. The case went to trial this […]
Johnson, Dolloway file antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa, Endeavor
Former UFC fighters Kajan Johnson and C.B. Dolloway filed a lawsuit against Zuffa, LLC and Endeavor for violations of U.S. antitrust law. The lawsuit mirrors the one filed by Cung Le and other former UFC fighters but this one would seemingly extend the time of alleged violations with the potential of including hundreds more UFC […]
New York man files class-action lawsuit against Floyd Mayweather citing ADA violations on his web site
A class action lawsuit was filed by a Bronx, NY blind man stating that Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s web site does not provide for blind individuals. Jose Quezada filed the lawsuit on May 25th in the U.S. District for the Southern District of New York citing violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Via the Plaintiff’s […]
Jury to hear Booker T Copyright Infringement lawsuit
Booker Huffman’s lawsuit against Activision will be going before a jury according to a recent court order which sided with the Hall of Fame wrestler over his “GI Bro” character. Huffman sued Activision, Major League Gaming and Treyarch Corp. for the use of his character in Call of Duty. The Defendants moved to strike a […]