Welcome to McCarter’s Playing Field: Sports Law Notes, where you’ll find the latest in sports law, notes about our practice, and important updates for athletes, teams, institutions, facilities, investors, and others in the...more
4/3/2025
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
College Athletes ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
NFL ,
NHL ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Revenue Sharing ,
Settlement ,
Sports ,
State Legislatures ,
Student Athletes
On October 7, 2024, a federal judge granted preliminary approval to the $2.78 billion settlement that will cap the amount of money National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) schools can spend in compensation for the use...more
In a much anticipated antitrust class action settlement, a federal judge granted preliminary approval of a $2.7 billion proposed settlement that will cap the amount of money National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)...more
When, if ever, are college athletes “employees” who are entitled to compensation rather than simply students playing games? The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently shed a little more light on the...more
The principle of amateurism—an amorphous concept that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) historically relied upon to prevent NCAA athletes from profiting from the commercial use of their identity, otherwise...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a pilot program to encourage potential whistleblowers to report criminal activity and cooperate with government investigations in exchange for substantial monetary payouts in the...more
5/22/2024
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CFOs ,
Compliance ,
COOs ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
University administrators, coaches, athletes and sports management agencies should all be aware of the emerging debate in the halls of Congress concerning the status of the name, image, likeness rule (NIL) and how this...more
11/10/2023
/ Alston v NCAA ,
Colleges ,
Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Oversight Committee ,
Pay-To-Play ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Senate Judiciary Committee ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Universities
Since its insurgence in China’s Hubei province in December 2019, the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has wreaked havoc on human health and life globally. With federal, state, and local governments in the United States and...more