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About half of this year’s Sweet Sixteen starters in the men’s NCAA March Madness tournament began their college careers at a different program. Michigan State was the only Sweet Sixteen team with all five starters...more
President Trump’s April 3 Executive Order seeks to mandate new eligibility, transfer, and athlete agent regulations for college athletics by August 1 – and should cause your athletic department to consider preparations. The...more
Der globale Sportmarkt erlebt einen beispiellosen M&ABoom und hat sich in den letzten Jahren als attraktive Assetklasse für professionelle Investoren etabliert. Dies verwundert auch nicht: Kaum ein Sektor vereint die...more
Time is short, stakes are high, and the crowds are coming. The upcoming FIFA World Cup™ offers tremendous opportunity for businesses that are prepared, have taken proper steps, and have protected their interests. Use...more
Welcome to our newsletter with the latest legal news in sports from the Courtside Counsel. Our team of attorneys is actively monitoring the news for need-to-know legal developments and issues involving the sports industry....more
The Executive Order's Purpose and Policy Justifications: On April 3, 2026, apparently frustrated with the state of college athletics and Congress' inability to pass comprehensive national rules governing college football...more
The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more
The woman known as the "Ketamine Queen" of North Hollywood was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a CA federal judge for several drug dealing-related crimes, including her role in providing the ketamine that led to the 2023...more
President Donald J. Trump signed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025 into law yesterday, April 13, 2026. The law extends the provisions of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act (HEAR Act) of 2016 with...more
Picture this. It is June 2026, your place in LA, Miami, or Kansas City is full, the TVs are finally behaving, and your staff has perfected the art of pouring and pivoting when a match swings in two minutes....more
On April 2, 2026, Judge Lewis J. Liman of the Southern District of New York issued an opinion in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC et al., No. 24-CV-10049, dismissing ten of thirteen claims actress Blake Lively brought against...more
As awards season has drawn to a close, winners and future hopefuls alike may be looking abroad for their next big project. In fact, recent estimates show about half of US productions are at least in part filmed outside of the...more
Podcasting is no longer a side project—it’s a business model. As the medium continues to mature and audiences grow, creators are turning their shows into full enterprises, but the legal and operational decisions made early on...more
President Trump issued an executive order aimed at stabilizing the rapidly evolving landscape of college athletics, particularly in football and basketball. Its stated goal is to preserve opportunities across college sports —...more
The recent court opinion in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC et al is quite literally a Hollywood drama, but it’s chock-full of practical lessons for employers in and outside Tinseltown —particularly those with connections to...more
Youth sports have emerged as a compelling growth opportunity for private equity, combining a large and expanding addressable market with structural tailwinds that favor institutional capital. As the sector transitions from...more
On April 3, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled "Urgent National Action to Save College Sports," marking the most significant federal intervention into college athletics to date. Colleges and Universities,...more
The use of a real person’s likeness within a broader creative work is permissible, according to a California Court of Appeal opinion that reaffirms the broad shield of First Amendment protection for artistic expression....more
In a lawsuit, allegations of bad behavior count only if there is a legal line that was arguably crossed. Blake Lively alleged that she experienced sexual harassment while working on “It Ends with Us” and then faced...more
In May 2025, the Federal Trade Commission's Rule on Unfair and Deceptive Fees (the "Fees Rule") took effect. The Rule prohibits hidden fees in the live-event ticketing and short-term lodging industries under the theory that...more
Last week proved pivotal for the prediction markets industry, with a series of legal and regulatory developments that could have far-reaching consequences for federally-regulated event contracts in the United States. Notably,...more
On April 3, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Urgent National Action to Save College Sports” (Order), which addresses several issues impacting intercollegiate athletics today. This action follows...more
Welcome back to the Spotlight! Historic events such as the recent mission around the Moon are notable not just because of their being, well…notable and historic, but also for their capacity to stimulate curiosity and...more
In this episode of Highway to NIL, Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys Cal Stein and Mike Lowe break down President Donald Trump's executive order, "Urgent National Action to Save College Sports." Cal and Mike unpack the order's...more
Can you use “March Madness” without getting sued? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Jessica Marlow break down the NCAA’s lawsuit against DraftKings and the high stakes fight over one...more