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Defamation Sports Law

California Court Rules That Soccer Executive Is Not A Public Figure

In a decision handed down this past Wednesday, a California Court of Appeals ruled that Asfaw Teferi, a soccer executive for a team in the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (“ESFNA”), was not a public figure for the purposes of his defamation lawsuit. This opinion could have implications for other sports executives in non-major […]

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Sports Law

Fans File Lawsuit In Response To Rams Relocation

As was to be expected, the Rams departure from St. Louis will not come without its struggles. Only one day after the NFL owners voted to allow the Rams to relocate from St. Louis to Los Angeles, four Rams fans filed a lawsuit in St. Louis Circuit Court seeking class-action status and an unspecified amount […]

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Copyright

Alleged Copyright Troll BWP Media USA Goes After Bleacher Report

This past Monday, as the remaining NFL teams begin preparations for the next round of playoff football, BWP Media USA Inc. began an off-field battle with Bleacher Report, Inc. by filing a civil lawsuit against the sports and entertainment media company for copyright infringement. According to the lawsuit, the popular sports website run by Bleacher […]

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Markup: HTML Tags and Formatting

Headings Header one Header two Header three Header four Header five Header six Blockquotes Single line blockquote: Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Multi line blockquote with a cite reference: People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to […]

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Markup: Image Alignment

Welcome to image alignment! The best way to demonstrate the ebb and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them snuggly among an ocean of words. Grab a paddle and let’s get started. On the topic of alignment, it should be noted that users can choose from the options of None, Left, Right, and Center. In […]

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Markup: Text Alignment

Default This is a paragraph. It should not have any alignment of any kind. It should just flow like you would normally expect. Nothing fancy. Just straight up text, free flowing, with love. Completely neutral and not picking a side or sitting on the fence. It just is. It just freaking is. It likes where […]

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Defamation

Howard And Zimmerman Choose The Litigious Route, Manning Holds Pat

On Tuesday, Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals and Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies filed separate suits in federal court against Al Jazeera America for libel. These claims stem from the television network’s recent documentary that linked, among others, the two baseball players to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Both suits were filed by the law […]

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Sports Law Trademarks

In re Tam A Boon To The Washington Redskins’ Fight To Protect Name

The Washington Redskins surprising success on the field this year may soon extend to the courtroom. In June of 2014, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) canceled the registration of six trademarks belonging to the football team under the disparagement provision of Section 2(a) of […]

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Trademarks

Kirk Cousins’ Savvy Off-Field Moves: Files Trademark for “YOU LIKE THAT”

On October 25, 2015, Kirk Cousins garnered national attention for yelling at reporters “You like that! You like that!” after he led the Washington Redskins to a twenty-four point come-from-behind victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That phrase soon became a rallying cry for the now surprisingly playoff-bound Redskins, who were led by the impressive […]

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Markup: Title With Special Characters

Putting special characters in the title should have no adverse effect on the layout or functionality. Special characters in the post title have been known to cause issues with JavaScript when it is minified, especially in the admin when editing the post itself (ie. issues with metaboxes, media upload, etc.). Latin Character Tests This is […]