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Celebrating American Greatness with American Motor Racing (Trump EO Tracker)
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (192+ words) Directs the Departments of Interior and Transportation to establish and support the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, an INDYCAR street race in Washington, DC, in celebration of America's 250th anniversary. The order prioritizes expedited permitting, federal coordination, infrastructure readiness, and aviation accommodations to…...
Sirius Victory for Limited Partners
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (699+ words) On January 16, 2026, in Sirius Solutions v. Commissioner, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that limited partners in a partnership may qualify for an exemption from self-employment tax on their distributive share of partnership income, regardless of whether the…...
FTC Signals Aggressive Case-by-Case Enforcement Action on Overbroad Noncompete Agreements
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (101+ words) Speakers at the workshop emphasized moving towards a case-by-case approach attacking unjustified, overbroad, unfair, or anticompetitive noncompete agreements in the employment context. According to the FTC, "Days of unreflective, unjustified, and anticompetitive noncompete agreements are over. If a company wants…...
End Run Around Claimant Yields Big Win for Sports Mark
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (409+ words) The case began years ago over which party had the rights to I AM MORE THAN AN ATHLETE, and likely would have gone in Game Plan's favor but for UNIP seizing a strategic opportunity and Game Plan fumbling its case....
New Look, New Rules: NCAA to Permit Sponsor Patches on College Uniforms
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (640+ words) On Jan. 23, 2026, the NCAA's Division I cabinet voted to permit commercial sponsor patches on college athletic uniforms. The decision poses a host of legal considerations for schools and sponsors concerning potential conflicts with student-athlete NIL contracts, schools' existing apparel agreements,…...
Delaware Supreme Court’s Earnout Decision Reinforces Primacy of Contract and Illustrates the Limits of the Implied Covenant
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1674+ words) On January 12, 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an en banc opinion in Johnson & Johnson v. Fortis Advisors LLC, No. 490, 2024, 2026 WL 89452 (Del. Jan. 12, 2026), largely affirming and reversing in part a Court of Chancery post-trial decision that awarded former stockholders of Auris Health,…...
SEC Retunes on Jointly Considering Settlement Offers and Waiver Requests
2+ week, 4+ day ago (393+ words) In September, the SEC retuned its approach to considering settlement offers for enforcement actions with related waiver requests. This new approach puts the SEC back on pitch with a stance it previously held from July 2019 until February 2021, which allowed it…...
K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - January 2026 #2
2+ week, 6+ day ago (48+ words) The National Football League has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether its arbitration process, overseen by the commissioner, complies with federal law, appealing a Second Circuit ruling in favor of a coach suing the league for discrimination....By: Kaufman…...
Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC v. Ford Motor Co. (Fed. Cir. 2025)
2+ week, 6+ day ago (232+ words) This case arose in inter partes review proceedings of certain claims in three related patents owned by Ethanol Boosting Systems (EBS): U.S. Patent Nos. 10,619,580; 10,791,760; and 9,708,965, all held to be invalid for obviousness by the PTAB. Claim 1 of the "581 patent is cited…...
FTC Administrative Action Delayed as Dealer Group Presses for Reconsideration of Order Denying Constitutional Challenge
3+ week, 5+ day ago (88+ words) After a delay caused by the shutdown of the federal government last fall, Asbury Automotive Group (Asbury), one of the largest automobile dealer groups in the country, has resumed its constitutional challenge to the authority of the Federal Trade Commission…...