May

May 6, 2018

‘Years later, questions remain regarding football player Ted Agu’s death’ (full text from the Daily Cal)

This article was originally published May 4 at http://www.dailycal.org/2018/05/03/years-later-questions-remain-regarding-football-player-ted-agus-death/.   by Irvin Muchnick   On March 20, 2014 — six weeks after Cal football player Ted […]
May 5, 2018

Speed Skating Canada, Like US Speedskating Before It, Parts Ways With Michael Crowe, But Doesn’t Clarify Misconduct Allegations

by Irvin Muchnick   Speed Skating Canada recently terminated for good its head coach, Michael Crowe. The sport body had suspended Crowe virtually on the eve […]
May 4, 2018

From the Archives: Complete Pre-History of the Finally Settled ‘Freelance’ Copyright Class Action — a.k.a., ‘In re Literary Works in Electronic Databases Copyright Litigation’

by Irvin Muchnick   As noted earlier this week, the settlement in the “Freelance” class action copyright case, 18 years in the making — also 13 […]
May 4, 2018

Muchnick Op-Ed in Daily Cal Probes the Long Tail of the Ted Agu Football Death Cover-Up

On March 20, 2014 — six weeks after Cal football player Ted Agu dropped dead on a campus hillside in the early morning — Berkeley campus […]
May 2, 2018

Sarah Ehekircher’s Meeting With USA Swimming Chief Tim Hinchey Still Leaves an Impasse Over Release of the Flawed 2010 National Board of Review Transcript

by Irvin Muchnick   Sarah Ehekircher, whose accusation of grooming and abuse by her youth coach Scott MacFarland has led to a “justice delayed” outcome of […]
May 2, 2018

Craig Lord Shuts Down SwimVortex — And Stays Silent Over the Mystery ‘Documents’ That He Claimed Exonerate American Swimming Coaches Association Boss John Leonard in the George Gibney Cover-Up

by Irvin Muchnick   SwimVortex, a website notable for impenetrably wordy arguments about the coach abuse issue and non-stop shilling for American Swimming Coaches Association executive […]
May 1, 2018

Publishers Weekly: ‘After 17 Years of Litigation, “Freelance” Writers Finally Collect’

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/76743-after-17-years-of-litigation-freelance-writers-finally-collect.html   There is, literally, a new generation of my readers since 2005, when attorney Charles Chalmers and I launched the objections to the settlement in […]
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