Combat Sports Law

Today a Federal Court Judge in Nevada dismissed Zuffa’s attempts to delay their discovery obligations in the multiple anti trust lawsuits facing the MMA industry leading UFC.  Zuffa was hoping to stall their obligations until their motion to dismiss the lawsuit is heard but the Court refused to do so. With Zuffa being forced to open … More Zuffa Loses Bid To Delay Discovery Obligations in Anti Trust Lawsuits

This weekend the Association of Boxing Commissions is having their annual meeting in San Diego. The agenda items will include discussions about bare knuckle boxing (perhaps somewhat counter-intuitively bare knuckle fighting can give rise to less brain trauma) malpractice coverage for officials drug testing chain of custody issues MMA rules developments concussions team MMA These … More Association of Boxing Commissions Annual Meeting Underway this Weekend

      This week Koloni, Reklam, Sanayi, Tigater LTD, a minority shareholder of Bellator Sport Worldwide LLC, sued the company’s majority owner in the Superior Court of California. The lawsuit alleges that since December 2011, when Viacom purchased a controlling interest in the company, the media giant has failed to provide the plaintiff with … More Minority Bellator Shareholder Sues Viacom Alleging Diverted Income

Zuffa is attempting to delay their obligations for discovery in the UFC Anti Trust Lawsuits until after their motion to dismiss the claims is heard.  Reasons for judgement were released this week by Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen scheduling July 28th as the hearing date for this motion with the Court noting as follows – PEGGY … More Zuffa Motion to Stay Discovery Scheduled for July 28, 2015

The UFC was quick to put rumours to rest that the heavily marketed featherweight championship bout between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor was at risk after word came out that Aldo may have suffered a broken rib while training. The UFC assured the public that they had “received official medical confirmation from several doctors that … More Jose Aldo’s Broken Rib and Lessons from the NFL Concussion Lawsuit for the UFC