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Brussels Regulatory Brief: Winter 2023-2024

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Antitrust and Competition - The European Court of Justice Held Rules Set by Sports Governing Bodies Must Comply With EU Competition Law - On 21 December 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held in a preliminary ruling...more

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Showing Anti-Competitiveness the Red Card: The ECJ’s Hat-Trick of Sports Competition Cases

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The European Union’s Court of Justice (“ECJ”) went into the 2023 winter break in style, publishing a hat-trick of judgments (hereafter referred to as SuperLeague, ISU, and Royal Antwerp) regarding the application of...more

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Competition Law "Leaves its Studs in" on UEFA and FIFA

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Introduction - The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued two major decisions in separate cases concerning sporting organisations’ ability to regulate their: (i) competitions; and (ii) members’ activities...more

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Soccer Antitrust Case Looking Like a Vehicle for Supreme Court to Prune Section 1 Antitrust Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court is signaling its interest in a cert petition by U.S. Soccer by asking the DOJ to weigh in on whether to take up the case. Such requests often precede the grant of cert. This is a really interesting and...more

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Unwanted World Cup Kiss - Incident Involving Spain Soccer President Highlights Workplace Harassment Risks

Luis Rubiales resigned as the president of the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) amid controversy over his kissing a women’s national team player without her consent following the team’s 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup win. The...more

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Do Not Pass Go: The Plight of New Soccer Competitions in Europe

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup wasn’t the only showdown being watched by soccer fans last year. Indeed, sports fans and antitrust watchers alike are awaiting a final decision from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding the...more

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Sport Meets Antitrust: Should monopolistic structures in European sports be questioned?

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In July, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") heard not one, but two cases at the intersection between sports and competition law. Both cases seem to have the potential to reshape the governance of professional...more

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European Super League Skating by Competition Law

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The announcement from twelve of Europe’s top football clubs of their plan to form a breakaway league (the so-called European 'Super League') sparked an impassioned response from many quarters. One of the threatened sanctions...more

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HUB Talks: Talking Sports Law: A Conversation with Football Australia Chairman and K&L Gates Partner Chris Nikou

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Have you ever wondered what is required to win the rights to host one of the world’s largest sporting events? On this episode of Talking Sports Law, we provide you with an “insider’s view” of a successful World Cup hosting...more

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DOJ Antitrust Takes a Shot at FIFA

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Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) is no stranger to scandal, but this time, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division is leading the charge. In a newly unsealed exhibit in the Southern...more

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Collective Bargaining, Professional Sports, and COVID-19: MLB Player Salaries in 2020

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Among the myriad challenges faced by sports leagues and their stakeholders in connection with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, questions concerning the payment of player salaries during suspended, and perhaps lost,...more

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The FIFA reform package on football agents: ready for regulation or looking for litigation?

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IFA reform: proposals for agents - The FIFA Council and the Football Stakeholders Committee unanimously adopted a series of reforms with respect to football player agents in order to "protect the integrity of football and...more

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The Awards Season and DOJ Look at International Sporting Events

One might have hoped that after the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) scandals from 2015, both before and beyond, the world’s most popular sport might have worked to clean up its act more diligently....more

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