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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: US Premier Rugby Sevens expands to a total of 16 men's and women's teams

Welcome back to the second to last (or penultimate, which is also the name I have given my favorite writing utensil) Spotlight of 2022! That’s right, I’ll be back next week to put a shining bow on the year that was, and then...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Celebrity crypto influencers such as Floyd Mayweather, Jr. dodge a lawsuit over the endorsement...

Welcome back to the Spotlight! My grandfather and five-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer, Kermit Bloomgarden was, like many in the entertainment industry, prone to superstition. Both my interest in the entertainment...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Neil Young’s Song Catalog Removed From Spotify After a Public Ultimatum Over COVID-19...

After a compelling weekend of playoff football in the NFL, in which all four of the matchups came down to the final play of each game (serving to drive even more eyeballs to the NFL in what has been a fruitful season for the...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The New York Giants and New York Jets Football Teams Sued By a Fan Over the Use of “New York” in...

Welcome back to another week of the “Sports & Entertainment Spotlight.” Sadly, for the third week running (first legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden, then beloved Golden Girl, Betty White), the S&E world is coming...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Hollywood Studio Miramax Sues Quentin Tarantino for Sale of “Pulp Fiction” NFTs

Welcome back to the “Spotlight”! With Thanksgiving just around the corner (brace yourself, midsection), I wanted to pause to take a moment to reflect on all that for which I have to be thankful. Certainly my family, health...more

Power Moves in the Sports Arena: Coca-Cola Buys Remaining Control of Sports Drink, BodyArmor, and 17-Year-Old Basketball Star...

Part of what I love about having a Sports Law practice is exactly what makes it difficult to cram everything I want to discuss into each week’s installment of the "Spotlight." No, it’s not that athletic prowess is not...more

Cher Sues Mary Bono for $1 Million Over Missing Royalties

- Cher filed a lawsuit against her late musical partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono’s widow over the rights to many of their cherished Sonny & Cher songs. She asked the court to block the trust which handles Sonny’s estate, the...more

The ‘Nirvana Baby’ Raises a Number of Legal Issues Including Right of Publicity

- "Whose job is in Jeopardy?" Mike Richards may be an appropriate answer. Sony announces that he will be dropped as Executive Producer of the program on the tails of stepping down as a host. He joins a number of celebrities...more

Sponsorship Empire Such as Roger Federer’s Sparks an Interesting Debate: Do Celebrities Make the Brand or Do the Brand Make the...

- With celebrities continuing to pad their bank accounts through endorsement deals, some questions remain: What makes them an icon? Is it their initial rise to fame or their brand? (See the Roger Federer story below) -...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - July 2021

Just months after breathing life into to the "Sports & Entertainment Spotlight," I am (well, my wife is) giving birth to a new creation — a baby boy. As such, I will be taking a break from the usual commentary (sleep...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - May 2021 #4

Throughout the United States, people are eagerly preparing for this Memorial Day Weekend (MDW), which marks the unofficial start of summer (not to mention those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the country). If you listen...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - May 2021 #3

As readers from last week will recall, we spent some time examining the notion of credibility. One week later, we’re witnessing what credibility (or lack thereof) hath wrought on our subjects. Bob Baffert? Banned from New...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - May 2021 #2

The word of the week for this edition is “credibility.” In the courts of law and public opinion, credibility (or the quality of being trusted and believed in) is everything. Just ask famed Triple Crown horse trainer Bob...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - May 2021

Hope is in the air (not to mention copious amounts of tree pollen) here in New York – and that’s to say nothing of the Knicks’ hardwood resurgence, the Giants’ highly-acclaimed moves in last week’s NFL Draft and the Yankees’...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - April 2021 #5

First and foremost (and not to detract from Sir Anthony Hopkins—lest I incur the wrath of Hannibal Lecter himself), the late Chadwick Boseman should have won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - April 2021 #4

Welcome back to the Spotlight: the blog with more longevity (but far less financial backing) than the European Super League (ESL). OK, maybe that’s not saying a lot, as the ill-fated collection of 10 of the most preeminent...more

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