BE/Forbes’ Paul Gift reports that the Court has denied Zuffa’s Motion for Summary Judgment. It apparently was anti-climactic. Like most law is. But, the Court apparently did not take long to deny the request to dismiss the lawsuit. Summary Judgment DENIED. But wait, there’s more. Waaa waaa, hearing was a dud. Can resubmit. Things just […]
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One last motion before the Class Cert-Summary Judgment hearing in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit
In light of Friday’s big hearing in the Zuffa Antitrust lawsuit in Federal court in Nevada, the parties have filed a joint motion to stipulate how they will deal with references to trade secret or confidential information. The joint motion was filed on Thursday and is agreed to by the parties. It’s unlikely that the […]
Zuffa Reply Brief argues its provided Court with ample evidence for sealing requests
Zuffa has filed its Reply Brief in Support of its request to seal portion of its Reply Brief in its Motion for Summary Judgment. Essentially, this reply brief is supporting its motion to seal portions in its Motion for Summary Judgment so that the public will not be able to see it. Zuffa argues that […]
Child porn charges causes dismissal of BE writer
MMA web site Bloody Elbow issued a statement on Friday regarding Iain Kidd. In July, Kidd along with a business partner were charged with having child pornography in their possession. The contents of the statement from John Ness is below: On Friday, Bloody Elbow became aware of news reports linking one of our writers to […]
Leslie Smith NLRB Appeal is denied
Leslie Smith’s appeal of the dismissal of her NLRB complaint has been denied. According to the NLRB web site a denial letter was issued on November 27, 2018. In May, Smith filed a labor complaint against Zuffa last May citing the company took adverse action against Smith due to her involvement in a protected activity. […]