Mark Cuban goes to court for records on Dallas Mavericks' Valley View arena deal ... and more news

Mark Cuban has taken his increasingly public dispute with Dallas Mavericks majority owner Patrick Dumont to court, accusing his business partner of shutting him out of the team's plans for a new arena and other lucrative development opportunities. In other news, two faculty groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block the Texas Tech University System from implementing its policies on how professors can discuss race, gender and sexual orientation in the classroom; Dallas’ transportation and public works department has major gaps in how it oversees contracts, payments and other spending nearly two years after the city merged the agencies; and two Dallas-Fort Worth barbecue joints have closed during a summer of soaring beef prices. Farmers Branch restaurant Crossbuck BBQ is shuttered permanently, and Plano's Yearby's Barbecue and Waterice is relocating to Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices