January 26, 2016 Last Thursday, two Utah residents filed a class action complaint against New York Road Runners, Inc. (“Road Runners”), the organizer and operator of the New York City Marathon (the “Marathon”), alleging that Road Runners are conducting an illegal lottery to select a limited number of runners for
January 25, 2016 Updating a previous topic on which we have recently blogged, Wisconsin State Representative Tyler Vorpagel has officially begun circulating a draft proposal to regulate daily fantasy sports in the State and is now seeking sponsors. What are some key provisions of the proposed Wisconsin regulation?
January 14, 2016 Florida has cleared a key procedural hurdle in the State’s quest to legalize and regulate fantasy sports contests and their operators. Earlier this week, a Florida House subcommittee, the Business & Professions Subcommittee, passed a bill that would explicitly legalize fantasy sports contests under Florida state law,
January 8, 2016 This week, a key procedural hurdle was cleared by a bill in California designed to license and regulate operators of fantasy sports contests, as the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee approved the proposal 17-1. The bill must still be approved by the Appropriations Committee before it receives a
January 7, 2016 This Monday, “brain training” company Lumos Labs, Inc. D/B/A “Lumosity” agreed to pay $2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) claims of deceptive advertising. The FTC’s allegations were brought in part because of Lumosity customer testimonials that were purportedly submitted as a condition to
December 30, 2015 At the beginning of next week’s new legislative session, Indiana State Representative Alan Morrison plans to file a proposed bill that would bring industry regulation to daily fantasy sports websites. What would Indiana’s version of industry regulation look like under the proposal?
December 23, 2015 As readers of this blog are aware, the fantasy sports industry has been generating headlines in waves over the last several months. While the legal proceedings in New York have dominated the airwaves and back pages, the news out of Massachusetts has been no less significant as
November 20, 2015 On November 17, 2015, the United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissed a class action complaint filed against Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The Court found that the plaintiff, as well as the proposed class members,
November 18, 2015 Earlier this fall, we reported on a class action lawsuit alleging that indoor cycling fitness company SoulCycle Inc. (“SoulCycle”) violated federal and state law by selling pre-purchased spinning classes with expiration dates ranging from 30 days to one year. Last weekend, in opposition to a motion to dismiss
November 16, 2015 Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has definitively come down on the side of fantasy sports. Last week, the Governor announced that to get a sense of what fantasy sports contests are all about, he participated in an online contest and believes the contests to be legal games of
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