Legal TREND. State Supreme Court Win for Fantasy Sports. WHAT.WHERE.WHY.

WHERE: Indiana

WHAT: Collegiate athletes sued Daily Fantasy Sports in Indiana over using the athletes’ likenesses

WHY? The Indiana Supreme Court found that Daily Fantasy Sports Did NOT support the althetes claim to their sports data and likeness saying:

• “”material that has newsworthy value.”
• the data DFS uses is verys imilar to what appears in news and on websites
• the information is publicly available

Indianapolis Star | Indiana Supreme Court backs online fantasy sports companies in nationally watched case