Salita Promotions has filed a Motion for Contempt and Sanctions against boxer Shohjahon Ergashev and his manager Oleg Bogdanov for violating the Court’s Injunctive Order preventing him from fighting without the consent of his promoter. The boxer and manager have requested additional time to respond to the motion and/or settle the issue. Background on this […]
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The Legal Submission Episode 22: Brant v. Cohen/Rapacz Boxing
Klose-Stephens dustup could have legal implications
The Drakkar Klose-Jeremy Stephens fight this past weekend was scrapped after Klose was injured during their pre-fight faceoff on Friday. Klose suffered a whiplash injury according to his social media account. pic.twitter.com/QoI9TOTe3f — Drakkar Klose (@drakkarklose) April 17, 2021 ESPN’s Ariel Helwani also reported that he suffered a cervical sprain of the neck per a […]
Law firm accused of illegally soliciting class members in UFC Antitrust lawsuit responds
Sparacino, PLLC has filed an opposition brief to Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion to Compel the firm to prevent them from contacting potential class members in the lawsuit. The law firm indicated that it had partnered with another firm to handle antitrust claims arising out of the Zuffa case. But, due to plaintiffs’ harassment, it decided that […]