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Rights of Publicity: Contradictions in the Courts

by Ronald Katz | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/14/2013

The legal controversies over athletes' rights-of-publicity rage on. Two pending appellate decisions offer some hope that a rational conclusion might be in sight. The head of Manatt's Sports Law Practice Group, Ron Katz, had...more

July 2012: Sports Litigation Update -- District Courts Divided over Use of Football Players in Video Games

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 7/27/2012

Recent disputes involving Electronic Arts (EA) have divided district courts in the Third and Ninth Circuits over whether the First Amendment insulates designers of video games from lawsuits when they use an athlete’s likeness...more