A Black clubhouse manager who has accused Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers of firing him so they could fill his position with his younger, white assistant wants to press ahead with discovery in his lawsuit so he can collect more information about possible patterns of discrimination within the club.
Eight former Northwestern University student-athletes have hired civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Steven Levin, founding partner of Chicago-based personal injury firm Levin & Perconti, to represent them after an investigation discovered evidence of hazing within Northwestern's football program.
The former head women's basketball coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology asked the Eleventh Circuit to revive a suit she filed against the board of regents and athletic association claiming the school fired her after she repeatedly lodged complaints about the unequal treatment of the women's basketball program.
Former Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald has tapped veteran Winston & Strawn LLP litigator Dan K. Webb, who most recently served as counsel to Fox News and Boeing, to represent him as he navigates his firing from the school after an official report verified hazing in the football program.
Saudi-backed LIV Golf Inc. is fighting a motion from The New York Times to unseal documents filed in its legal clash with the PGA Tour Inc., telling a California federal judge "unfettered public access" to confidential information undermines the legitimacy and effectiveness of the judicial system.