Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
3-6-2024
Abstract
Back in August 2023, the New York Knicks sent a letter addressed to the owner of the Toronto Raptors Larry Tanenbaum claiming the Raptors are engaging in illegal activity involving a former Knicks employee whom they just hired. They claimed that Ikechukwu Azotam, who at the time of his employment with the Knicks was an assistant video coordinator, “had illegally provided the Raptors with more than 3,000 confidential files.” Several days after the letter was sent the Knicks filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Southern District Court of New York against Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Toronto Raptors), Darko Rajakavic, Noah Lewis, Ikechukwu Azotam, and 10 unnamed John Does, requesting damages and asking the court to order the defendants to refrain from using, altering, sharing, reviewing, and copying any of the Knicks confidential information.
This post was originally published on the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution website on March 6, 2024. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above.
Recommended Citation
Perov, Jane, "The Consequences of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Arbitrating the Dispute Between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors" (2024). CJCR Blog. 83.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjcr-blog/83
