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Yahoo Drops NFL Players Assn. Suit Over Fantasy Game Rights

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 8, 2009 - 10:32am.
Los Angeles - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has settled a lawsuit it filed against the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), over the payment of licensing fees for use of players' names and statistics in online fantasy football games.
tags: Games | Sports | Law | Lawsuits | Fantasy Sports | Yahoo | NFL | CBS | NFLPA |

NFL Retirees Say EA, NFLPA Cheated Them on "Madden" Games

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 30, 2008 - 11:02am.

Los Angeles - A number of retired NFL players have filed a lawsuit claiming that the NFL Players, Inc. and game publisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) conspired to deprive them of fees from the use of their likenesses in the wildly popular "Madden NFL" game franchise, GamePolitics reported.

tags: Games | Sports | Electronic Arts | Take-Two Interactive | Madden NFL | NFLPA | Law. Lawsuits | Players Inc. |

NFL Union Countersues CBS Over Fantasy Sports Rights

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 12, 2008 - 11:27am.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) has filed a countersuit against CBS (NYSE: CBS), which last week asked a federal judge to issue a ruling stating that its fantasy football games do not infringe on players' rights.

tags: Sports | Law | Lawsuits | Fantasy Sports | CBS | NFLPA |