Laurel Beeler
Coverage of Laurel Beeler in the Nexus archive.
- California student athletes fall in fight for licensing payments
A class action challenging restrictions on student athletes' ability to monetize their name, image, and likeness (NIL) was dismissed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler. The ruling found that the plaintiffs failed to establish a plausible market for an antitrust claim, and further determined that purported losses were caused by independent lawful constraints or statutes rather than the NIL licensing rule itself.
- Coast Guard skirts environmental review claims over California shipping routes
A federal judge in San Francisco narrowed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard, dismissing claims that its 2023 Pacific Coast Port Access Route Study (PAC PARS) violated environmental laws by failing to complete required consultations under the Endangered Species Act and an environmental assessment. However, the judge allowed claims to proceed regarding the Coast Guard's alleged delay in rulemaking for the study and its failure to complete past Endangered Species Act consultations for shipping corridors in 2011.