Sports Litigation Alert Reports on how ChampionsWorld Failed to Preserve Evidence in Soccer Case

Oct. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- Austin, TX- October 24, 2011- The latest edition of Sports Litigation Alert reports on how a federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has sanctioned ChampionsWorld LLC for failing to preserve evidence that might have been considered in its long-running antitrust action against the United States Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer.

The court said it would instruct the jury that ChampionsWorld, a former promoter of international professional men's soccer matches, “failed to take appropriate steps to preserve information relevant to the litigation.”

Here are the headlines of the summaries in the current Sports Litigation Alert:

•   Judge Sanctions Champions World for Failure to Preserve Evidence in Hi-Profile Soccer Case
•   Seventh Circuit Affirms State Athletic Associations' Right to Maintain Broadcast Rights
•   Plaintiffs Get Attorneys' Fees after ADA Victory over Redskins
•   Court Dismisses Former Coach's Claim against AD, School

And the remaining articles:

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