{"id":2363150,"date":"2026-04-07T20:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2363150"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:58:17","slug":"kc-sports-entertainment-law-weekly-roundup-april-2026-kaufman-canoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kc-sports-entertainment-law-weekly-roundup-april-2026-kaufman-canoles\/","title":{"rendered":"K&#038;C Sports &#038; Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup &#8211; April 2026 | Kaufman &#038; Canoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"html-view-content\">\n<p>Sports:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Women&#8217;s National Basketball Association<\/strong> &#8220;abused its monopolistic control&#8221; of women&#8217;s pro basketball when it allowed the Connecticut Sun to be sold to an owner who is moving it to Houston, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told the U.S. Department of Justice in a letter on Monday. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Blumenthal Demands DOJ Open Antitrust Investigation into... (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blumenthal.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press\/release\/blumenthal-demands-doj-open-antitrust-investigation-into-wnbas-interference-with-sale-of-connecticut-sun\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">Blumenthal Demands DOJ Open Antitrust Investigation into&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A Pennsylvania federal judge has further narrowed a shareholder class action accusing <strong>Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods<\/strong> of misleading investors about inventory levels and losses because of theft after the COVID-19 pandemic, disagreeing with a magistrate judge on the actionability of some of the suit&#8217;s challenged statements. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Lawsuit claims Dick's Sporting Goods executives misled shareholders - Pittsburgh Business Times (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/dicks-lawsuit-by-shareholder.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">Lawsuit claims Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods executives misled shareholders &#8211; Pittsburgh Business Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A Florida federal jury awarded $110,000 in damages to an attorney who said an AIG unit refused to pay costs while defending a sports memorabilia company&#8217;s former CEO against securities violations after the insurer claimed the executive&#8217;s policy had exhausted its benefits. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Jury Says AIG Unit Owes Atty $110K For Defense Costs (opens in a new window)\" data-externalized=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/v6IXCW6A94IzMOJ7CESQToKHJZ?domain=law360.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">Jury Says AIG Unit Owes Atty $110K For Defense Costs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Entertainment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LAWSUITS OF THE RICH &amp; FAMOUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TELEVISION &amp; FILM<\/strong><\/p>\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: The Women&#8217;s National Basketball Association &#8220;abused its monopolistic control&#8221; of women&#8217;s pro basketball when it allowed the Connecticut Sun to be sold to an owner who is moving it to Houston, Sen. 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