Also known as: leagues · alliance · association
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An alliance or association of persons, groups, or entities formed by covenant or agreement to promote common interests or purposes. The term encompasses organizations such as professional sports leagues and other collective bodies that function as single entities for legal purposes including depositions, service of process, and regulatory compliance.
Lillian Locke sued the National Gridiron League for unpaid sponsorship bonuses. Her notice under the applicable rule described with reasonable particularity the matters for examination concerning digital media contracts. The league designated its digital media director to testify on behalf of the organization about information known or reasonably available to it.
Luis Lopez moved to disqualify the presiding judge in a contract dispute involving the Regional Athletic League. The judge had served as counsel to the league in the same matter during prior private practice. The motion asserted that the prior association required recusal under the applicable judicial conduct rule.
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Lucia Lopez left her former firm after handling a licensing dispute for the Metro Youth League. The remaining lawyers at the firm accepted representation of a rival league in a substantially related matter. The former client objected that the firm retained material confidential information from the prior league representation.
Lena Lawson applied to rent an apartment owned by the Faith Community League. The league limited occupancy to members of its affiliated religion for noncommercial purposes. Lawson challenged the restriction under fair housing provisions, but the league invoked the statutory exemption for religious organizations.
Leah Lamb and two colleagues formed the Summit Hiking League to organize guided tours as co-owners for profit. They operated the business without a formal written agreement. Under the uniform act, their association constituted a partnership subject to the statute's formation and liability rules.
Lucy Liu's home state entered an agreement with a neighboring state to create a joint environmental league regulating interstate waterways. The compact allocated enforcement duties and shared funding without congressional consent. A challenger argued the arrangement violated the constitutional bar on unapproved interstate compacts.
A league qualifies as an association or other entity that may be named as a deponent under deposition rules. The organization must designate one or more persons to testify about information known or reasonably available to it after the parties confer in good faith about the matters for examination.
A judge must disqualify herself if she served as a lawyer in the matter in controversy or was associated with a lawyer who participated substantially as a lawyer in the matter during such association. Prior representation of a league in the same controversy triggers this obligation.
When a lawyer terminates association with a firm, the firm may represent a person with interests materially adverse to a former league client unless the matter is the same or substantially related and remaining lawyers possess material confidential information. Screening procedures and notice may permit representation in some cases.
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