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Rory McIlroy Leaving Horizon Sports To Form His Own Management Group05 / 17 / 13Golfer Rory McIlroy is "planning to leave Horizon Sports and set up his own management company, made up of some friends, family and close confidants," according to Karl MacGinty of the IRISH INDEPENDENT. McIlroy's father, Gerry, is "expected to play a prominent role in the new operation." Rory McIlr... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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Top NFL Prospects Select Agents
With the college football season nearing an end, several prominent players are announcing their choice of representation as they head to the NFL. CAA Sports has signed USC QB Matt Barkley, with Jimmy Sexton, Ben Dogra and Tom Condon representing him. Barkley is seen as a possible first-round selecti ...
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Rafael Nadal To Leave IMG
Tennis player Rafael Nadal is "preparing to join Roger Federer and leave IMG Worldwide ... just as it announces the recruitment of Novak Djokovic, the world No 1, to its portfolio of sporting stars," according to Neil Harman of the LONDON TIMES. When Federer "declined to sign the new contract o ...
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Golden Boy Looks To Britain For Promotion
Golden Boy will apply for a license to "promote in Great Britain,” as the company “intends to stage four big shows in Britain each year and hopes to sign three members” of the British Olympic team from the London Games, according to Ron Lewis of the LONDON TIMES. Golden Boy CEO Ric ...
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Jury Awards Mintz $85,000
An L.A. federal court jury yesterday awarded CAA Sports NBA agent Aaron Mintz $85,000 to compensate him for the emotional distress he suffered after his former employer, Priority Sports & Entertainment, hacked into his personal e-mail account, violating California law. The jury also answered &ld ...
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Mintz Trial Resumes Today In L.A.
The trial to determine whether CAA Sports agent Aaron Mintz was damaged by his former employers, Priority Sports & Entertainment, resumed in L.A. today at 9:00am PT after a federal judge ordered Mintz' attorneys to produce more than 3,000 e-mails from Mintz' private account. Federal Court Judge ...
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Mintz To Seek Damages Against Priority Sports
CAA Sports agent Aaron Mintz will seek damages against his former employer, Priority Sports & Entertainment, in a trial to be held next week, according to court papers filed in the case. “We are going forward with a trial for damages based upon the court’s finding of an invasion of ...
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Judge Finds For Mintz In Priority Case
L.A. Federal Court Judge Stephen Wilson found that Priority Sports & Entertainment violated the privacy, as well as a California state law, of former employee and NBA player agent Aaron Mintz when a Priority employee hacked into Mintz' private email account. “Upon review, the Court finds t ...
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Judge To Dismiss Claims In Mintz Case
A federal court judge in L.A. on Thursday said he would be issuing an order dismissing all 12 legal claims Priority Sports & Entertainment filed against former employee and NBA player agent Aaron Mintz and CAA, parent of Mintz’s new employer, CAA Sports. Judge Stephen Wilson also said the ...
WMG Settles K-Rod Claim
Wasserman Media Group has settled a multimillion-dollar claim brought against it by former client and free agent P Francisco Rodriguez, and has terminated Paul Kinzer, the MLB player agent who failed to file a no-trade list that would have prevented Rodriguez from being traded from the Mets to the B ...
Judge To Make Ruling On Motions In Mintz Case
A federal court judge yesterday said that he would rule on motions for summary judgment brought by NBA agent Aaron Mintz, his new employer CAA Sports and Mintz's former employer Priority Sports in the next few days. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson said he would issue an order prior to a pre ...
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