A new lawsuit has arisen with Heredia Boxing Management and its owner filing a lawsuit against MTK Global Sports Management, LLC, Golden Boy Promotions, Inc., VGC, LLP, Paul Gibson and Daniel Kinahan. The Complaint filed in Los Angeles Federal Court claims that MTK Global paid boxer JoJo Diaz $100K for the fighter to leave his […]
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The Legal Submission Episode 15 – Class Certification
WBO-Trout fight over arbitration language in WBO documents
Parties in the Austin Trout case have filed opposition briefing before the federal district court in Puerto Rico. Each side addressed the merits of the other’s briefing on whether or not the Court should issue a ruling to allow the case to go to arbitration. As you may recall, the First Circuit Court of Appeals […]
Zelina Vega released from WWE causes uproar, support from SAG
Thea Megan Trinidad, formerly known as Zelina Vega in World Wrestling Entertainment, was released from the company because she refused to give up her Twitch channel. Trinidad tweeted out support of unionization which is to infer that professional wrestlers should form a union so that they could negotiate as a collective unit. I support unionization. […]
WBO-Trout dispute right to arbitrate as case returns to trial court
The parties in the Austin Trout-WBO lawsuit filed briefs this week to determine the future of the legal dispute. After the First Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the boxer in invalidating a clause in the arbitration proceeding in the WBO contract with the fighter, the parties are now disputing whether arbitration should be thrown […]