Judge Confirms Award For Shaq’s Failure To Attend Polish Independence Party

Mealey's (April 24, 2023, 10:51 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on April 21 confirmed an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral award against an athletics marketing company and its owner for violating an agreement with a Polish organization to bring Shaquille O’Neal to Warsaw for celebrations of Poland’s 100th anniversary of independence, finding the award properly issued despite O’Neal’s representatives’ claim that the Polish organization agreed to forfeit a $149,000 deposit....