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Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
High School Student-Athletes Asserting Name, Image, and Likeness Rights Moves to Forefront
By Gregg E. Clifton, Bernard G. Dennis III
Not only are name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights being asserted in collegiate sports, high school athletics are beginning to experience expansion of NIL rights as well. After the National…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
NCAA Athletes Want Wage Class Certification to Notify 200,000 Student-Athletes
By Anne Hall
In a federal lawsuit filed against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, plaintiffs requested conditional certification of all student-athletes who had played for NCAA Division I schools since April 2017, along…
The Social Media Butterfly
How to Create Content That Your Clients Actually Want
The newly launched NIL (Name Image and Likeness) Legislation Tracker by Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP is a great example of a law firm creating a useful product that…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Judge Rules that Student Athletes Can Plausibly Allege NCAA as Employer
Last week, a federal judge dismissed a proposed wage class action claim filed by student athletes against multiple universities. However, the judge did not dismiss the claims against the…
Ad Law Access
Change to NCAA Policy Creates New Group of Influencers
This summer, the NCAA suspended its long-standing policy that restricted student-athletes from being able to generate income from their name, image, and likeness (commonly referred to as “NIL”). It didn’t…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Action Seeking to Classify Student-Athletes as Employees
By Gregg E. Clifton, John G. Long
A case that may signal the continued erosion of the amateur status of college student-athletes will continue as the action in Ralph “Trey” Johnson et al. v. NCAA has survived…
The IP Law Blog
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Dealmaking Pitfalls in NCAA’s New NIL Policy
By Scott Hervey, Intellectual Property Group
In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the NCAA’s recent policy change which allows college athletes to monetize their NIL, as well…
The IP Law Blog
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: NCAA Erects Challenge to ‘Vasectomy Mayhem’ Trademark
By Scott Hervey
In this week’s episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the NCAA’s decision to petition a trademark held by a Urology office due to its…
Sports Agent Blog
D’Eriq King Signs First NIL Contract with Sports Franchise
Miami Hurricanes’ Quarterback D’Eriq King continues to wow the college football world with his monumental NIL deals. This time, King inked the first NIL deal with a professional sports franchise,…
The IP Law Blog
Pitfalls Related to NCAA’s New Policy on Name, Image and Likeness
By Intellectual Property Group
At last, the NCAA has changed its policy on college athletes monetizing their name, image, and likeness, also known as their NIL. Who cares if the Supreme Court forced the…