Commanders’ $100K Del Rio Fine Spotlights Limits of Workplace Speech
Last Friday, Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera did something highly unusual, if not unprecedented. He fined defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio $100,000 for a…
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Gruden v. NFL Ruling Sets Table for Discovery and May Aid Flores
Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden scored an important pretrial win in his interference and negligence lawsuit against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on…
Opening Hearing in Flores Case Signals Lengthy Legal Fight Ahead
The first hearing for Brian Flores’ race discrimination lawsuit was held at New York City’s Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse on Monday. While little new…
NFL Argues Flores Claims of ‘Tanking’ Derail Civil Rights Suit
Attorneys for Brian Flores and the NFL revealed key legal arguments in a scheduling briefing sent to the presiding judge, Valerie Caproni, on Thursday. It marked the…
NFL Hires Former SEC Chair White to Probe Ross Bribery Claims
The NFL has hired former SEC chair Mary Jo White to investigate Brian Flores’ allegation that Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered to pay him $100,000 for each loss…
Possible Flores Arbitration Clause Could Doom His NFL Case
Part of the motivation for Brian Flores’ high-profile civil rights lawsuit is to shed light on the opaque hiring and firing practices in the NFL, but there’s a chance…
Women Attorneys Take Charge in Pro Sports Probes of Men Behaving Badly
As leagues confront pro sports teams’ workplace misconduct controversies, many of which involve women accusing men of unwanted sexual advances, they are increasingly…
NFL Turns to Loretta Lynch to Thread Needle in Brian Flores Case
The NFL has hired a major legal figure to defend against Brian Flores’ civil rights lawsuit. Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, a litigation partner at Paul…
From Flores to Snyder to Deflategate: How the NFL Stays Above the Law
Leaking false claims to paint the innocent as guilty. Destroying evidence that would have cleared the accused. Silencing victims to protect the wrongdoers. Conducting…
Flores Bribe Claim of Dolphins Tanking Invokes Criminal Law, NFL Standards
Brian Flores accuses the NFL and teams of violating civil rights laws through what he depicts as racist acts in the hiring, employment and firing of black coaches…
Sporticast: NFL’s Big Super Bowl Week Overshadowed by Other News
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the latest from…
Daniel Snyder, NFL Agreement to Keep Investigative Documents Secret Revealed
A day after former Washington Commanders employees told members of Congress that Daniel Snyder and other team executives sexually harassed them, The Washington Post…
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