Miami Dolphins starter is suspended indefinitely, team asks NFL to probe player’s bullying claims

A week after a 24-year-old offensive tackle left the Miami Dolphins to deal with what news reports described as emotional issues after an incident in the team’s lunchroom, another starting player has been suspended indefinitely for “conduct detrimental to the team” and the Dolphins have asked the National Football League…

Nov 4, 2013 8:46 PM CST

Busy with Broncos, linebacker Von Miller irks magistrate but finally arrives for traffic plea

It wasn’t like Von Miller had to go very far to get to court, pointed out Magistrate Christina Apostoli at a Monday hearing. After all, the Arapahoe County Court hearing was very close to the Denver Broncos’ training facility. Nonetheless, he was nearly two hours late, she noted. “The court…

Oct 28, 2013 9:30 PM CDT

‘Blues Brothers’ nixed in tribute show title, but judge OKs ‘distinctive style’ of black-suited duo

The producers of a tribute show honoring two characters famously portrayed by Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi can’t use their “Blues Brothers” moniker in the title. But the “distinctive style” of the black-suited duo isn’t restricted by their right of publicity, since it wasn’t unique to them and,…

Oct 23, 2013 8:50 PM CDT

High school football team faces bullying probe over 91-0 blowout

An undefeated Texas high school football team has had an average 77-point margin of victory at every game this season. But that’s not for lack of efforts by Coach Tim Buchanan to slow down his Aledo High School Bearcats so that their opponents aren’t unduly humilitated. “I sit there the…

Oct 23, 2013 5:05 PM CDT

Teen wrestler sues after he is suspended for tweet saying he will ‘drill’ his teammates

A high-school wrestler in Minnesota has filed a suit claiming his school violated his constitutional rights when it suspended him over a tweet. The 16-year-old youth from Shakopee High School says he was indefinitely suspended for a tweet he sent in August some time before a football scrimmage, the Minneapolis…

Oct 23, 2013 1:53 PM CDT

Lawyer writes tell-all book about his life with late-night TV king Johnny Carson

Henry Bushkin was a junior attorney at an entertainment law firm when he first met Johnny Carson, far from an obvious choice of counsel for a man who could afford pretty much whatever he wanted. But the NBC late-night entertainment show host took a shine to the 27-year-old, and wound…

Oct 21, 2013 9:11 PM CDT

Despite defense verdict in Michael Jackson case, entertainment execs ponder potential liability

Despite a defense verdict Wednesday in the Michael Jackson wrongful death case, entertainment industry executives aren’t breathing a sigh of relief. The case—in which a concert promoter would have found itself facing a potential verdict of $1 billion or more if had the jury sided with the plaintiffs—is prompting soul-searching…

Oct 3, 2013 9:15 PM CDT

Defense verdict reached in Michael Jackson wrongful death case: No award to singer’s survivors

Updated: A Los Angeles jury has reached a verdict in the wrongful death case filed by Michael Jackson’s family against the concert promoter that paid the salary of the personal physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving him a potent intravenous anesthetic. Announced at approximately 3:35 p.m., California time, on…

Oct 2, 2013 10:25 PM CDT

MIA’s video rebuttal to NFL complaint: Sexy underage cheerleaders more offensive than middle finger

The rapper and singer M.I.A. is questioning the National Football League’s definition of offensive in a video rebuttal to its $1.5 million arbitration complaint over her middle-finger gesture during a Superbowl performance. The NFL never paid M.I.A. to perform at the February 2012 Superbowl, but the league claims the artist…

Sep 25, 2013 2:09 PM CDT

Ex-lawyer and publicist for Insane Clown Posse sues for sex harassment, cites sexism culture

A fired publicist who also acted as a lawyer for Insane Clown Posse’s recording company has filed a suit claiming she was sexually harassed, belittled and mocked at work. The suit by Andrea Pelligreni says she was presented with a sex toy as a present, yelled at on a regular…

Sep 18, 2013 12:30 PM CDT

Lawyer tapped to lead International Olympic Committee

Thomas Bach, a German lawyer and a former Olympic fencer, was voted president of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday. Previously an Adidas executive, the Guardian reports, Bach has wanted the committee presidency for a long time, and the campaign for his victory has been somewhat controversial. Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad…

Sep 11, 2013 7:57 PM CDT

Lance Armstrong is protected by First Amendment in fraud suit by readers of his books, judge rules

A federal judge in California has ruled for Lance Armstrong and his publishers in a suit that claims readers were duped into buying the cyclist’s books because of false claims that he never took performance-enhancing drugs. U.S. District Judge Morrison England of Sacramento ruled (PDF) that the content of the…

Sep 11, 2013 4:31 PM CDT

Justice Sotomayor presides over re-enactment of historic baseball case

Sep 1, 2013 9:29 AM CDT

NFL to pay $765M to settle concussion cases brought by 4,500 former players

In a surprise settlement of a major case that had been expected to be in litigation for years, the National Football League has agreed to pay $765 million to resolve multidistrict litigation being overseen by a federal judge in Philadelphia over brain injuries players say were caused by repeated concussions…

Aug 29, 2013 6:05 PM CDT

Judge refuses to block condom requirement for adult film actors

A Los Angeles County law requiring adult film actors to wear condoms is likely to survive a First Amendment challenge, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson refused to issue a preliminary injunction to block the condom requirement in a decision (PDF) issued on Friday, the Los…

Aug 19, 2013 5:51 PM CDT