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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
Sports Industry Contract Updates for the Beginning of February
Swifties aren't the only third-parties celebrating the potential Kansas City three-peat - so is Pat Riley. Red Bull is hot on motorsports...
Kirsten Flicker
Feb 9, 20251 min read
All Work and No Play Makes College Athletes…Employees? Analyzing the Third Circuit’s Johnson Test for College Athletes under the FLSA
Introduction For some, the line between work and play is firmly etched into the fabric of time itself, typically around 5:00 PM (or...
Caleb Clifford
Feb 9, 202512 min read
Texas Rangers Buck the Trend and Create Their Own Regional Sports Network
One of the biggest stories in sports media over the past few years has been the bankruptcy proceedings of Diamond Sports Group (now known...
Brendan Bell
Feb 6, 20254 min read
Fox Sports and Skip Bayless Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Presents HR Lessons
Noushin Faraji, a former hair stylist at Fox, has sued Fox Sports, Fox Corporation, Skip Bayless—the former host of Skip and Shannon:...
Ken Winkler and Emma Sammons
Feb 3, 20254 min read
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