The latest in the NASCAR lawsuit has just dropped as Judge Kenneth Bell ruled on the motion to sanction the Plaintiffs. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports were accused of making “false statements” by NASCAR’s legal team.
Judge Bell has decided to deny the motion to sanction 23XI and Front Row. This motion by NASCAR has been dismissed, and the court has fully explained its ruling.
“This is an important case that risks the fortunes of NASCAR and the Plaintiff race teams and significantly impacts all the other companies and individuals who depend on their success (as well as legions of stock car racing fans). The Court is therefore focused on the merits of the Parties’ antitrust claims. It would behoove all the Parties to do likewise.
“NASCAR’s motion to show cause does not productively move this case forward. Instead, it appears intended to play to the court of public opinion and perhaps color the Court’s perception of the opposing Parties and counsel (while at a minimum distracting them from their own efforts). However, the court of public opinion can be a fickle friend, and the Court was already well aware that the provenance of the submissions from drivers and sponsors regarding the effects of the Plaintiffs losing ‘charter’ status almost certainly involved the Plaintiffs.”
NASCAR made the motion late last week, taking the lawsuit in another direction. Judge Bell, by denying the motion, allows things to continue on as they were.
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