While many women believe that a “diamond is forever,” what do judges think about Tweets made on the social networking site Twitter? Are statements made within Tweets stuck in a cache for eternity? Upon clicking “Tweet,” has it been published? Does it matter in a defamation case? Last week, it was revealed that Bill Spooner, […]
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Really cool to read through and find so much awesomeness added to WordPress 3.6 while I was gone. I should take three weeks off more often. — Andrew Nacin (@nacin) April 3, 2013 This post tests WordPress’ Twitter Embeds feature.
On February 8, 2011, Mike Dolabi and Steve Simms filed a Class Action Complaint against multiple Defendants, including those listed in the title of this post. The lawsuit has become known as the “Super Bowl Ticket Lawsuit,” and the Plaintiffs claim to represent a class of over 100 members and seek in the aggregate more […]
On January 24, 2011, former University of Southern California runningback Stafon Johnson filed a Complaint against the University of Southern California and USC football’s assistant strength and conditioning coach Jamie Yanchar for damages based on negligence. The incident that is the subject of the action is widely known by sports fans. It occurred in September 2009 […]
Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, is filed a Complaint against Atalaya Capital Management LP and the newspaper it owns, Washington City Paper (WCP). One glaring issue that Snyder had with the WCP is that it used the picture shown to the right in one of its articles discussing Snyder back in November 2010. […]
The NFL has its concussion problems. The United Football League (UFL) is just trying to generate enough interest in its product to survive. One person who is growing very impatient with the UFL is Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban. Cuban, through his company HDNET, LLC, filed a Complaint against William Hambrecht, an investor in the […]
Yesterday, John Carlson of the Seattle Seahawks was carted off of the field of play in his team’s NFC Divisional Playoff game against the Chicago Bears. Carlson suffered an injury after he landed on his head near the sideline. As discussed last month, there are enormous dangers and damaging health effects of from head injuries. […]
Christina Scavo and Shannon O’Toole filed a Complaint against Brett Favre, the New York Jets, and Lisa Ripi with the New York County Clerk’s Office on January 3, 2011. Two out of the three Defendants should be easily recognizable. The third, Lisa Ripi, is the New York Jets’ massage therapist coordinator. Part of her duties included […]
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH), also known as reverse cybersquatting, is similar to trademark bullying. Both tactics involve the trademark owner using his trademark rights to unjustly interfere with another’s rights. With trademark bullying, a trademark owner uses his trademark rights to harass and intimidate another beyond what the law might be reasonably interpreted to […]
In May 2010, my article, The Plight of PASPA: It’s Time to Pull the Plug on the Prohibition was published in the Gaming Law Review and Economics. The article focuses on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which has completely denied forty-six states from adopting any type of state-sponsored sports betting scheme. The Act, which […]