Indignant that Adidas has been paying high school athletes to attend schools with which it has endorsement deals, Skechers filed suit in federal court in LA charging the Big a with false advertising and unfair competition and seeking the return of its ill-gotten gains to Skechers along with its increased advertising costs to compete in the performance basketball market. SKX also offers to help the FBI uncover more violations when it conducts discovery in the case.

“Adidas has coopted young players into wearing and expressly or implicitly endorsing its products by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in secret payments to ... Log in to view full article.