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The Burr Broadcast: Dartmouth Men's Basketball Team Unionization Efforts Explained
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Emerging Technology Issues in the Music Industry with Aarash Darroodi, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Fender Musical Instruments
Hsu Untied interview with Brian Anderson, Partner at Sheppard Mullin
The Intersection of Sports and Law in a New Era with Don E.N. Gibson: On Record PR
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 26: “International Sports: Politics, Corruption, Doping and Compliance”
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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: NBA Star Luka Doncic Goes Hard in the Paint and Seeks to Cancel Mom’s Trademark (Part 1)
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Law Brief®: Daniel Wallach and Rich Schoenstein Discuss NFL and the Law
Everything Compliance - Shout Outs and Rants from Episode 93
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The Briefing from the IP Law Blog - Cleveland Now Has Two Guardians: The Baseball Team and the Roller Derby Team Settle Their Case and Agree to Joint Use
Podcast: The Briefing from the IP Law Blog: Guardians of the Trademark: Cleveland Baseball Team and Cleveland Roller Derby Team Clash Over IP
The Briefing from the IP Law Blog - Guardians of the Trademark: Cleveland Baseball Team and Cleveland Roller Derby Team Clash Over IP
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A common question for schools assessing how to comply with the new overtime exemption rule published by the U.S. DOL is what to do about coaches and athletic trainers in light of the new minimum salary requirement for the...more
On March 5, 2024, players on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team voted to unionize, making the group the first college sports team to do so in the United States. Dartmouth College has already filed an appeal with the...more
The players say, “No thanks.” Florida and California are seen as polar opposites when it comes to policy and lawmaking. However, there is at least one thing they seem to agree on – minor league baseball players should be...more
In a February 5 decision, Laura A. Sacks, the Regional Director for Region 01 of the National Labor Relations Board, concluded that the men’s basketball student-athletes for Dartmouth College are employees for purposes of the...more
When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more
A common misconception is that individuals paid on a salary basis are not entitled to overtime. Another common miscommunication is that if an employee earns a high salary, then that exempts them from earning overtime. Both of...more
For many youths, playing on a college sports team is a dream come true. However, the reality of collegiate sports isn’t always as glamorous as aspiring athletes believe it to be. For example, the governing body of college...more
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In 2018, Congress passed the “Save America’s Pastime Act” (introduced as H.R. 5580) to exempt minor league players from the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act “FLSA.” While it was tucked away in a voluminous omnibus...more
“BASEBALL IS LIFE. The rest is just details.” To members of the Green Valley High School (Henderson, Nevada) varsity baseball team in the mid-1990s, this wasn’t just a catchphrase on a t-shirt; it was gospel. We lived and...more
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As schools seek to adjust to the new Department of Labor overtime exemption rules and increased salary standards, nearly every institution has classification and overtime-calculation questions about athletic coaches and...more
Last week, five members of the U.S. Women’s Soccer team took the unprecedented step of filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over their pay. The players argue that despite...more
This July was another month where independent contractor compliance and misclassification was a topic that made front page news. Hillary Clinton placed independent contractor misclassification in the national spotlight when...more
With Wimbledon in full swing, and the U.S. Open just a few weeks away, the Second Circuit awarded game, set and match to the U.S. Tennis Association in a challenge to the independent contractor status of the tournament’s...more
In an opinion that disappointingly failed to take advantage of countless pun opportunities, a federal judge in New York otherwise got it right, ruling that the United States Tennis Association properly classified U.S. Open...more