On June 21, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled against the NCAA, affirming the Ninth Circuit ruling which invalidated NCAA restrictions on certain education related benefits for college athletes. For years, National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) rules have limited the compensation college athletes can receive, both from NCAA member schools and from other sources. In this...
By Hannah Albarazi Law360, San Francisco (June 14, 2021, 11:15 PM EDT) — Two judges on a Ninth Circuit panel expressed incredulity Monday at a California court’s dismissal of Oakland’s antitrust suit over the National Football League and its teams’ relocation of the Raiders to Las Vegas, saying it seems plausible that without the alleged...
The most efficient and least emotional way to cover government budget deficits may not be to collect more in taxes, but instead collect more in damages from massive government contractor fraud. Could it be that conflicts in The Department of Justice (DOJ) and nationwide local prosecutors in U.S. Attorney’s Offices (AUSAs) have been far too...
Law360 (May 24, 2021, 10:03 PM EDT) – Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros told a New York state judge Monday that they had the legal right to cut minor league clubs after an affiliate agreement with Minor League Baseball expired last year, urging the court to toss lawsuits by a...
“We’re grateful for the Texas Bar Foundation’s support in our efforts to create more equity in the law enforcement system for minority youth,” said Joel Androphy, CUT Board of Directors member. “Representing minority youth in criminal court is only half the battle; helping them avoid further problems in the future is our other goal. CUT...
With the advice and assistance of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, The Fifth Ward’s Center for Urban Transformation and BERG & ANDROPHY are pursuing community project funding under the Labor-HHS-Education bill. The funding will provide mental and behavioral health services for students in the juvenile justice program. This will also provide counseling and training for deprived...
Law360 (December 4, 2020, 11:10 PM EST) — The owner of the New York Yankees‘ affiliate on Staten Island has hit the Major League Baseball team and the league with a $20 million lawsuit after the minor league outfit folded as part of a systemwide contraction, a dispute that may signal cases to come in other communities in danger of losing their beloved ballclubs. Nostalgic...
For the family of Mary Catlin, who died after catching the coronavirus at a nursing home, the pandemic was an infuriating and avoidable tragedy. But for the owners of the Michigan nursing home, as hard-pressed as they were to avoid catastrophe, the infection also presented an opportunity. On April 18, three days after Catlin died, Michigan created...
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia instructed Postal Service employees at processing facilities nationwide to sweep each morning and afternoon for any ballots, and to expedite their processing, until the mail ballot receipt deadline has passed in each state. Given “the incredibly razor-thin margins in some of...
When asked to run for President, Moyers said, “I gave some thought to the petition and decided that if I did, and won, on the first day, I would name David Berg to the Supreme Court.” See all the Bill Moyers Video’s, Be sure to start with Part 1. Long recognized as one of America’s...
