Former AEW talent Kevin Kelly and the Tate Twins have filed a lawsuit against AEW and media personality Ian Riccaboni in a civil court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The lawsuit alleges that the performers were misclassified as employees and are actually independent contractors. Kevin Foote (known as Kevin Kelly) was a television commentator for Ring of […]
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Court sides with challenge to FTC non-compete ruling
On Tuesday, a federal court judge sided with a challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s edict this past spring which set a ban on most non-compete agreements for employees. Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas ruled in favor of the challengers in Ryan v. FTC. The rule […]
The Legal Submission 92
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 […]
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 […]