{"id":2091478,"date":"2025-10-14T22:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2091478"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:54:22","slug":"kc-sports-entertainment-law-weekly-roundup-october-2025-2-kaufman-canoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kc-sports-entertainment-law-weekly-roundup-october-2025-2-kaufman-canoles\/","title":{"rendered":"K&#038;C Sports &#038; Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup &#8211; October 2025 #2 | Kaufman &#038; Canoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"html-view-content\">\n<p><strong>Sports:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jacob Manu<\/strong>, a linebacker at the University of Washington, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday, challenging the association\u2019s \u201cunreasonable restrictions that arbitrarily cut short his ability to compete as a college athlete,\u201d according to the suit acquired by The Seattle Times. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/sports\/washington-huskies-football\/washington-huskies-jacob-manu-sues-ncaa-over-eligibility-rules\/\">Washington Huskies\u2019 Jacob Manu sues NCAA over eligibility rules \u2013 Seattle Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The NCAA moved Wednesday to relax a long-standing gambling restriction, with Division I adopting a proposal that would allow student-athletes and athletics department staff to wager on professional sports while continuing to ban any betting on college events. The change is not yet final as Divisions II and III are expected to take up the measure later this month, and if they also approve, the new rule will take effect Nov. 1. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/college-sports\/ncaa-approves-new-gambling-rule-for-college-athletes-and-staff\/ar-AA1O6oj5?ocid=BingNewsVerp\">NCAA approves new gambling rule for college athletes and staff \u2013 SI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MLB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A former NFL player is fighting to keep his discrimination lawsuit against the league and his former team alive in Colorado federal court, saying his claims that the NFL and the <strong>Denver Broncos<\/strong> punished him for requesting a therapeutic-use exemption for synthetic THC are not preempted by the league\u2019s collective bargaining agreement. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/sports-and-betting\/articles\/2397967\/ex-nfl-player-says-league-policy-doesn-t-steer-thc-suit\">Ex-NFL Player Says League Policy Doesn\u2019t Steer THC Suit \u2013 Law360<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Entertainment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MUSIC &amp; VIDEO GAMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A NY federal judge tossed <strong>Drake<\/strong>\u2018s defamation suit against <strong>Universal Music Group<\/strong> over the hip-hop artist\u2019s rival <strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>\u2018s <strong>\u201cNot Like Us,\u201d<\/strong> saying the diss track\u2019s lyrics accusing Drake of being a \u201ccertified pedophile\u201d are opinion and trash talk, not factual statements that are actionable. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-industry-news\/drake-umg-not-like-us-lawsuit-dismissed-1236397232\/\">Drake\u2019s Defamation Suit Against Universal Music Group Dismissed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anthropic <\/strong>PBC failed to escape claims from music publishers that the AI developer knew its users were infringing copyrighted song lyrics through its flagship AI model, Claude. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/music-publishers-fend-off-anthropics-bid-dismiss-some-ai-copyright-claims-2025-10-06\/\">Music publishers fend off Anthropic\u2019s bid to dismiss some AI copyright claims | Reuters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Epic Games Inc.<\/strong> filed a federal lawsuit accusing a pair of players of using bots to fraudulently earn tens of thousands of dollars by simulating player engagement in games created by the users. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/epic-games-fortnite-creative-bot-lawsuit-uefn-idris-nahdi-ayob-nasser\/\">Fortnite fans who used 20,000 bots to make money sued by Epic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some of the UK\u2019s most famous songwriters, including <strong>Elton John<\/strong>, <strong>Paul McCartney, <\/strong>and <strong>Thom Yorke<\/strong>, are demanding a review of how songwriters are paid through the country\u2019s royalty collection service, questioning the amount of administrative costs. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/companies\/news\/elton-john-paul-mccartney-seek-review-of-uk-song-royalty-payment-system-11759854848801.html\">Elton John, Paul McCartney Seek Review of UK Song Royalty Payment System | Company Business News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FILM &amp; TELEVISION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LAWSUITS OF THE RICH &amp; FAMOUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A FL magistrate judge Thursday sanctioned online personality Milagro \u201cMobz World\u201d Cooper for deleting thousands of text messages and WhatsApp data after being told to preserve evidence in rapper <strong>Megan Thee Stallion<\/strong>\u2018s defamation and cyberstalking suit against her. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/joshua-espinoza\/megan-stallion-gramz-lawsuit-sanction-deleted-text-messages\">Megan Thee Stallion Granted Sanctions in Gramz Defamation\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Harvey Weinstein<\/strong>\u2018s legal team said his June sexual assault convictions were tainted by juror misconduct, including physical threats and an unfounded bribery claim, arguing in a motion for a new trial that a judge refused to properly investigate. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/weinstein-vacate-new-york-conviction-jurors-1236397107\/\">Weinstein Moves to Vacate New York Conviction Due to Juror Threats<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.jdsupra.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports: NCAA Jacob Manu, a linebacker at the University of Washington, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday, challenging the association\u2019s \u201cunreasonable restrictions that arbitrarily cut short his ability to compete as a college athlete,\u201d according to the suit acquired by The Seattle Times. 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