{"id":2244609,"date":"2026-01-21T21:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2244609"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:13:30","slug":"kc-sports-entertainment-law-weekly-roundup-january-2026-3-kaufman-canoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kc-sports-entertainment-law-weekly-roundup-january-2026-3-kaufman-canoles\/","title":{"rendered":"K&#038;C Sports &#038; Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup &#8211; January 2026 #3 | Kaufman &#038; Canoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"html-view-content\">\n<p><strong>Sports:<\/strong><br \/><strong>NCAA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The evidence against the college basketball players indicted Thursday on federal sports gambling charges, and the alleged fixers involved in enticing and paying the players, appears strong enough for the <strong>NCAA<\/strong> to focus on preventing future scandals rather than on denying the problem existed, sports law experts say. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"College Gambling Busts Show That Getting Caught Is Easy (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/qwoMCjRW9Dhl4G1ofYI2HmL6bt?domain=law360.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">College Gambling Busts Show That Getting Caught Is Easy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A Tennessee federal court rejected a bid from five <strong>Division I<\/strong> college football players to preliminarily block the <strong>NCAA<\/strong> from denying them a full fifth season of play, finding they didn&#8217;t sufficiently show the NCAA&#8217;s four-season limit is anticompetitive. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Judge Rejects Bid To Block NCAA's 4-Season Limit (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/fbRBCmZW9Ju1oPLySEUwHRXpSK?domain=law360.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">Judge Rejects Bid To Block NCAA&#8217;s 4-Season Limit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced criminal charges Thursday against 26 people, including more than a dozen former college basketball players, accused of conspiring to rig <strong>NCAA<\/strong> and <strong>Chinese Basketball Association<\/strong> games. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Ex-NCAA Players Among 26 Accused Of Rigging Games (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/sports-and-betting\/articles\/2430419\/ex-ncaa-players-among-26-accused-of-rigging-games\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">Ex-NCAA Players Among 26 Accused Of Rigging Games<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Madison Square Garden&#8217;s quest to get former New York Knicks player <strong>Charles Oakley<\/strong> to pay court-ordered attorney fees will continue, according to a Thursday order by the New York federal judge overseeing the litigation over his 2017 arena ejection. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"MSG Bid To Punish Oakley Over $642K Owed Will Go Forward (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/sports-and-betting\/articles\/2430837\/msg-bid-to-punish-oakley-over-642k-owed-will-go-forward\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">MSG Bid To Punish Oakley Over $642K Owed Will Go Forward<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Golf<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TaylorMade Golf<\/strong> Co. Inc. in a California federal lawsuit accused its rival <strong>Topgolf Callaway<\/strong> Brands of running a disparaging smear campaign meant to convince consumers it has inferior, poor-performing products, in violation of the Lanham Act. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TaylorMade Claims Golf Rival's UV 'Test' Misleads Consumers (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/sports-and-betting\/articles\/2431099\/taylormade-claims-golf-rival-s-uv-test-misleads-consumers\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">TaylorMade Claims Golf Rival&#8217;s UV &#8216;Test&#8217; Misleads Consumers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MLB<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The First Circuit on Friday largely affirmed the dismissal of a trademark infringement lawsuit that sons of late MLB Hall of Famer <strong>Roberto Clemente<\/strong> lodged against the Puerto Rican government, but said a lower court was &#8220;off base&#8221; when dismissing a few claims against Commonwealth officials in their personal capacities. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"1st Circ. Revives Some Of Baseball Legend's Sons' TM Claims (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/sports-and-betting\/articles\/2431489\/1st-circ-revives-some-of-baseball-legend-s-sons-tm-claims\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">1st Circ. Revives Some Of Baseball Legend&#8217;s Sons&#8217; TM Claims<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Entertainment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LAWSUITS OF THE RICH &amp; FAMOUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FILM &amp; TELEVISION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A musician alleging that <strong>John Mellencamp<\/strong>&#8216;s 1996 hit song <strong>&#8220;Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)&#8221;<\/strong> stole from his own noncharting track denied to a CA federal judge that he wrote a report attributed to his music expert and then failed to make him available for a meaningful deposition. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Musician Accusing Mellencamp Of Theft Denies Faking Report - Law360 (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/media\/articles\/2429286?cn_pk=23d842b9-ddb4-431a-acf4-791a613b014b&amp;read_main=1&amp;nlsidx=0&amp;nlaidx=11\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">Musician Accusing Mellencamp Of Theft Denies Faking Report &#8211; Law360<\/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 The evidence against the college basketball players indicted Thursday on federal sports gambling charges, and the alleged fixers involved in enticing and paying the players, appears strong enough for the NCAA to focus on preventing future scandals rather than on denying the problem existed, sports law experts say. 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