Nearly four years after initially suing the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell over leaked emails that cost him his job as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, Jon Gruden got a significant win in the latest proceedings, with the Nevada Supreme Court blocking the case from going to arbitration.
The Nevada Supreme Court's Monday decision -- a 5-2 win for Gruden -- said that the NFL Constitution and Bylaws' arbitration clause "does not apply to Gruden as a former employee and is unconscionable." As a result, Gruden's case can proceed in public instead of going to arbitration unless the NFL appeals the decision to the Supreme Court.
Gruden sued the league and its commissioner back in November 2021, alleging they leaked his supposedly confidential emails in a "malicious and orchestrated c