WRESTLING'S LEGAL BATTLES: Trademarks, Contracts, and Controversies (Body Slam Briefs 10/25/24)

WRESTLING SOUP

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4.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Join Evil Dos Jeff Lippman, the diabolical lawyer and in-house counsel for the Wrestling Soup Network, as he navigates the intersection of law and wrestling. In this episode, Jeff delves into trademark disputes and the legal intricacies surrounding the AEW lawsuit. He shares insights into the ongoing legal battles involving wrestling personalities and companies, including the controversial case of Nikki Bella and Artem's custody dispute. Jeff also explores the complexities of independent contractor classifications in wrestling and the implications of arbitration clauses. Tune in for a deep dive into the legal world behind the wrestling curtain!
Chapters:
(00:00) My firm owns the trademark for the blackletter podcast(02:35) Most of this show is going to focus on the AEW suit(03:06) Artem Ardham was granted temporary custody of Nikki Bella's child(04:21) The case in Connecticut State court is still going forward despite a federal stay(12:44) Kevin Kelly and the Tate Twins are suing AEW over alleged breach of contract(17:21) There is a bit of arbitration hypocrisy. I might have talked about this before(21:10) AEW filed a motion saying Philadelphia was improper venue for class action(24:39) Stephen Cross consistently fights to have arbitration provisions not enforced in wrestling cases
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0:00.0	Greetings, everyone.
0:08.5	It is I. Evil Dose, Jeff Lippman, the in-house general counsel for the Wrestling
0:13.1	Suit Network with another body slam brief.
0:16.5	One quick note and something I forgot to tell you a bunch ago. But remember we were talking
0:23.9	with the FTC rule barring non-competes some time ago, and I was surprised that it was upheld
0:30.5	at all. It was ultimately struck down by the federal courts. So non-competes, sir, back in.
0:39.9	The main thing I want to talk to you today about was the Ringboy case.
0:43.9	And a lot of you are probably wondering, well, this happened in 1992.
0:50.8	Bell Phillips is dead.
0:52.5	I think Terry Garvin was his name. He's dead. Pat Patterson is dead uh i think terry garvin was his name he's dead paterson is dead um
0:58.3	this all happened you know nineteen ninety two or earlier um bill muslinck was involved he was sued
1:06.3	for defamation um there were uh cross claims and forth. There was a possible federal investigation.
1:16.5	Just, you know, there's been books written on this. There's been documentaries, Dark Side of the
1:20.9	Ring episodes, stuff like this. So how on earth does this get brought now? So when I first
1:26.7	heard about this, I thought that we were looking at a case of the most stretched
1:32.3	version of the discovery rule known to man.
1:35.9	What's the discovery rule?
1:37.2	So let's step back a little bit and talk about what's the statute of limitations.
1:41.4	A statute of limitations is the amount of time one has to bring a civil
1:45.4	lawsuit and in some cases a criminal case, prosecution, before it's just considered too darn old
1:52.4	to bring it. So I'm in Maryland. I'm also licensed in D.C., and I'm licensed in federal courts.
2:01.2	And there's different statute of limitations for different things.
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