Welcome to THE Sports Law Podcast! We break down all of the latest at the intersection of sports and the law! Dan Lust is joined by Steph and Tony Iliakostas (@ailiakostas) AKA The IP Professor. Carlos Correa was said to have signed with the San Francisco Giants, but amidst medical physical issues he has now signed with the New York Mets. (7:09) The Giants had signed Correa for 13 years $350 million but this was pending a physical. Apparently, Correa was cleared by doctors, but there was a difference in opinion on the Giants and wanted to renegotiate. Steve Cohen swooped in and signed Correa for 12 years $315 million. Correa will move over and play 3B for the Mets where Lindor is at SS. Mandy Rose was fired from the WWE for making money on a social media platform similar to OnlyFans. (16:37) WWE issued a issued a letter to all wrestlers to end any third-party platform use that used their name, image, and likeness that may be detrimental to the WWE. Rose continued to use this social media platform and was terminated for it. WWE wrestlers are deemed independent contractors and do not have a union. Since her termination, it is estimated that she has made $500,000 on the social media application. MSG imposed a policy in which they ban any attorneys at firms who are in active litigation against them from attending events at their facilities. (31:40) An attorney was attending a show with her daughter and other girl scouts when she was pulled out of the security line and denied access because she works at a firm that has an active litigation against MSG. The Phoenix Suns have a pending sale for $4B. (39:30) Billionaire mortgage lender, Mat Ishbia, has agreed to buy the majority share of the Suns pending NBA approval. A patent infringement lawsuit has been brought against Fox Sports. (47:47) Fox Sports has been accused of infringing on Recentive Analytics' patents by using predictive analytics to optimize the NFL schedule and broadcasts. Dan and Conlan are back with the betting segment sponsored by Bettor Edge. (1:02:28) Also joining is the co-founder of Bettor Edge, Greg Kajewski (@gkajewski) who gives us his super bowl pick. Make sure that you head over to bettoredge.com and use the promo code "Conduct" for $20 free for bets or go to bettoredge.com/conduct. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ConductDetrimental.com. Let us know if you want to join the team. Dan Wallach (@WallachLegal) | Dan Lust (@SportsLawLust) | Mike Lawson (@mike_sonof_law) Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Website | Email

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