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Federal judge strikes down New Jersey sports betting

November 22, 2014 12:17:29 PM

A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Friday ruled that New Jersey cannot partially lift a prohibition on sports betting, a move the state was taking to...

October 23, 2014 11:28:03 AM

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was sued Monday for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) . The lawsuit, brought by a former college athlete against the NCAA and NCAA Division 1 Member Schools, alleges...

August 9, 2014 02:35:15 PM

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) cannot prevent college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names...

April 10, 2014 10:36:17 AM

Northwestern University on Wednesday asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to review a recent decision that the university's football players have the right to unionize . The attorneys for Northwestern stated,...

April 9, 2014 11:44:30 AM

Aubry Dicks, University of Richmond School of Law

March 28, 2014 08:36:22 AM

The Chicago office for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Wednesday ruled that football players at Northwestern University qualify as employees, and therefore have the right to unionize. In its finding, the NLRB used...

April 8, 2013 11:00:00 AM

Kathryn Young, University of Virginia School of Law

February 21, 2013 03:10:53 PM

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) filed a lawsuit in US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday against Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and other state officials. The...

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In Defense of New Jersey Sports Betting

October 10, 2012 01:45:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Kathryn Young, University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2013, argues that gambling can effectively increase states' revenue and should be viewed outside of its negative connotations...The recent New Jersey law condoning sports betting at...

August 31, 2012 05:55:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Douglas Branson of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the trend of hiring independent corporate investigators and monitors, as exemplified by the most recent investigation into The Pennsylvania State University, has become overly expensive...

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