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Sports Industry Contract Updates for March
Happy March Madness! As spring officially begins, warm weather sports are eager to be the main attraction, with many partnership deals...
Kirsten Flicker
Mar 25, 20251 min read
Nationals and Orioles Finally Settle Lengthy Dispute Over MASN TV Rights
As Opening Day of the 2025 season is upon us, one of the longest running legal disputes between Major League Baseball owners appears to...
Brendan Bell
Mar 24, 20254 min read
Premier League Player Faces Lifetime Ban Over Betting Charges
The trial for Lucas Paqueta began last week, in what’s set to be one of the longest court proceedings in the English Football...
Cassandra Devaney
Mar 24, 20252 min read
How and Why the USPTO Robbed Us of What Would Have Been the Coolest Name in Professional Sports
With three months remaining before the 2025 NHL playoffs, the Utah Hockey Club finds itself in an uphill battle for postseason...
Calvin Holle
Mar 24, 20253 min read
The Shoe Surgeon Strikes Back, Nike Moves to Dismiss Defamation (Nike v. The Shoe Surgeon Update)
Earlier this year, Nike filed a lawsuit against popular L.A. based sneaker customizer Dominic Ciambrone —better known as The Shoe...
Andrew Gagnon
Mar 24, 20254 min read
Maddening March: Amid Record Big Dance Financials and NIL Rollbacks, Amateurism Sings Its Last Song
It’s no secret that March is the most lucrative time of the year for the NCAA, which reported just over $1.38 billion in earnings for...
Oliver Canning
Mar 23, 20255 min read
Sports Industry Contract Updates for the End of February
The NFL season may be over, but Formula 1 is gearing up for its season (which opens the weekend of March 14th) - the motorsport welcomes...
Kirsten Flicker
Mar 4, 20251 min read
Athletes Are Not a Dime a Dozen – The Johnson Court’s Failure to Distinguish Between Revenue-Generating, and Non-Revenue-Generating Athletes Leaves its Economic Realities Test Insufficient
Introduction The Third Circuit’s departure under Johnson’s economic realities test provides a more workable standard than Glatt’s test...
Vince Reilly
Mar 3, 20258 min read
Counting Factors, Not Fumbles: Why the Johnson “Economic Realities” Test Will Become the New Benchmark for Assessing Student-Athlete Employment Protection Claims
In Johnson v. NCAA , the Third Circuit allowed student-athletes to bring claims for relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),...
Oliver Canning
Mar 3, 202510 min read
World No.1 Jannik Sinner Will Serve a 3-Month Suspension
Jannik Sinner, the currently ranked No. 1 player in the world, has accepted to serve an immediate three-month suspension for two...
Ken Winkler
Feb 16, 20252 min read
Title IX in the NIL Era: Oregon Lawsuit Could Reshape College Sports
Lawsuits around Title IX and the evolving Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) era are not new. However, the combination of these two issues...
Katherine Vescio
Feb 16, 20254 min read
The Real MVP? Trademarks in Super Bowl LIX
Super Bowl LIX will be jam packed with historic milestones, crazy plays, and celebrity girlfriends. While fans focus on game-winning...
Chris D'Avanzo
Feb 9, 20254 min read
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