JURIST
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma , the court held that the NCAA could, in the interest of preserving the character and quality of college sports, impose restrictions upon players that would otherwise breach antitrust laws. In the 1984 case National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Notably, the jury awarded punitive damages against the university, a relative rarity for juries but well deserved in this case. He argued that academic integrity was being sacrificed for sports. There seemed little balance struck in this case and the jury responded by hitting Auburn with punitive damages.
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Conflict of Laws
JUNE 3, 2021
Assume that you successfully obtained a favourable judgment from a foreign court that orders the losing party to pay punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages. Could the judgment be enforced in Japan where punitive damages are considered as contrary to public policy?
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 16, 2020
The NCAA told the justices that, if allowed to stand, the 9th Circuit’s ruling “will fundamentally transform the century-old institution of NCAA sports, blurring the traditional line between college and professional athletes.”. On appeal, the 9th Circuit upheld the statutory damages but reduced the punitive damages to roughly $32 million.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 7, 2023
” As a sports figure, such allegations can have a major impact on his future contracts both with teams and advertisers. We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions. Spears has given public statements and is a sports sensation. Reader’s Digest Association , 443 U.S. 157, 168 (1979).
Broadcast Law Blog
MARCH 14, 2017
Less than a week ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association filed a trademark infringement action in federal court against a company that runs an online sports-themed promotions and contests under the marks “April Madness” and “Final 3.” which used the mark for sports programs it produced and registered the mark in 1989.
The Fashion Law
JUNE 29, 2021
million in actual damages, $137 million in profits that Payless made from selling the fringing footwear, and $137 million in punitive damages in connection with its trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, and dilution claims. Upon conclusion of the trial, a jury awarded adidas $30.6
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