The North Carolina Supreme Court has delayed oral arguments that had been scheduled next week in a pair of lawsuits pitting the Atlantic Coast Conference against member schools Clemson and Florida State.
More than a month after the Atlantic Coast Conference announced a settlement of lawsuits with Clemson and Florida State universities over media rights and conference exit penalties, the litigation still has not officially ended. The North Carolina Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on April 17 in the ACC’s lawsuits against the two member schools.
Rulings in the Atlantic Coast Conference's courtroom battles with Florida State and Clemson could affect any North Carolina company that does business with an out-of-state government.
North Carolina’s leading business group is supporting the Atlantic Coast Conference in its ongoing legal disputes with Florida State and Clemson universities. The NC Chamber Legal Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday at the North Carolina Supreme Court in lawsuits pitting the conference against the two schools.
The South Carolina attorney general is asking North Carolina’s top court to consider his arguments about sovereign immunity as the court tackles a case pitting the Atlantic Coast Conference against Clemson University.
The Atlantic Coast Conference asked North Carolina’s highest court Friday to reject attempts from Clemson and Florida State universities to end court fights in this state involving the league and the two schools.
Attorneys general in Florida and 11 other states support Florida State University in its legal battle with the Atlantic Coast Conference over sports media rights. An earlier court filing labeled the case a $700 million dispute.
Clemson University’s lawyers are urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to overturn a state Business Court decision and allow the schools’ media-rights battle with the Atlantic Coast Conference to play out in South Carolina's courts. Lawsuits pitting Clemson against the ACC are active now in both Carolinas.
Members of North Carolina State University’s national championship-winning 1983 men’s basketball team are expanding their lawsuit against the NCAA to include television networks that air NCAA tournament games. The suit accuses the NCAA of profiting off of the names, images, and likenesses of the “Cardiac Park” for more than four decades.
A North Carolina judge has rejected Clemson University’s attempt to dismiss the Atlantic Coast Conference's lawsuit against the school in a dispute involving athletic media rights. The decision marks the second ACC victory in a North Carolina courtroom in recent months, after the same judge ruled against Florida State.
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