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Steven Bank
@ProfBank
UCLA Law professor. Most tweets are about sports law or tax/business law. Tweets/replies are not legal advice
Jun 13, 2024 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
A thread to offer a few reactions to the Court Order on the dueling summary judgments on NASL's antitrust lawsuit against US Soccer and MLS over the Pro League Standards 1/ 1. Court granted USSF/MLS's motion for summary judgment (i.e., removed from the case) on NASL's most far-reaching/radical claim

NASL's Count I claimed the PLS itself was anti-competitive and caused injury. Court agreed that NASL had effectively abandoned the claim 2/
Mar 6, 2024 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Nice interview of NASL attorney Jeffrey Kessler by @THEDanVaughn re the impact of US Soccer's decision regarding MLS' participation in the Open Cup on NASL's antitrust lawsuit 1/ Couple of pieces of context to flesh out what Kessler said/didn't say:
1. There are summary judgment motions still pending that could be granted and make any an evidentiary issue like the Open Cup situation moot in this case. 2/
Feb 22, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
NASL and US Soccer have been fighting about the production of a joint pretrial schedule in their antitrust case. Court split the difference yesterday and ordered them to each submit their own proposed pretrial schedule for the case, which is scheduled to start 9/9/24 1/ Image NASL wants to do the pretrial schedule now. US Soccer wants to wait until the judge rules on their competing summary judgment motions (which have been pending for almost 3 years spanning two judges). 2/ Image
Jan 16, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
In what may be a first for the USL Players Association, it filed a suit in federal court against the operator of Charlotte Independence for failure to comply with a final and binding award issued pursuant to the grievance process under the league's just over 1 year-old CBA 1/ Image The USLPA had filed a grievance on behalf of player Enzo Martinez, who had a contract with the Independence that ran through 2022, even though the team dropped from USL Championship to USL League 1 for 2022. The issue was how to deal with those wages given the drop in level. 2/
Jul 28, 2020 • 27 tweets • 8 min read
93 pages. This should be fun. The CAS panel starts by rejecting any potential objections that the leaked e-mails were either not authentic/reliable or not admissible
May 2, 2020 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
Let me offer some explanation as to how the judge arrived at his decision to deny the USWNT's wage discrimination claim and what the players will likely need to show about their evidence on appeal to get the decision reversed For the judge to grant US Soccer's motion for summary judgment, it needed to find that there was "no genuine dispute as to any material fact" and that, under those undisputed facts, US Soccer is entitled to a judgment on the law.
May 21, 2019 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Last week, USL filed what seems to me to be an important trademark infringement complaint against UPSL. It's worth taking a few moments to understand its significance in the overall scheme of the US Soccer landscape On one level, it's similar to the US Soccer Foundation's lawsuit against USSF in that USL is arguing that UPSL's marks are sufficiently similar that they have a tendency to confuse consumers and sponsors and therefore constitute trademark infringement under the Lanham Act
Nov 1, 2017 • 51 tweets • 12 min read
Thread on the NASL v. USSF preliminary injunction hearing, based on the transcript (save your questions for the end!) 1/ The Judge starts by laying out her views, which are based on the filings, but could change based on the arguments of the attorneys 2/