In this episode, Peter Ott discusses the MASN television rights fees lawsuit between the Orioles and the Nationals with Charles H. Martin. Charles is the author of Lawyerball: The Courtroom Battle of the Orioles Against the Nationals and MLB for the Future of Baseball. Sports Law Biz blogger and podcaster Peter Ott interviews me for the latest episode of his podcast. …
Baseball and Your Right to Go to Court
What does baseball have to do with your right to go to court? Read Lawyerball to see the arguments that a billion-dollar ball club used to avoid an arbitration result that they said was unfair in procedure and substance. Source: Lawyerball – The Courtroom Battle for the Future of Baseball
In HBO’s “Silicon Valley”, Art Imitates Life
In the Season 2 finale of Silicon Valley, Pied Piper’s survival depends on a noncompete clause! I just watched the final episode of Season 2 of HBO’s “Silicon Valley”. Guess what! The survival of the hot startup “Pied Piper” depends on an arbitration of a claim that the startup belongs to a former employer, because the founder used …
CFPB Arbitration Study Preliminary Results
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank) requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to study the effects of consumer finance arbitration clauses. These are contract clauses that require any future disputes between consumers and companies to be resolved through private arbitration, rather than in court. Consumers are required to accept these clauses in “take-it-or-leave-it” …
