Maximizing Revenue: The Future of College Sports Media Rights in a Post-House World — Highway to NIL Podcast
When Consent Isn’t Enough – The TTAB’s Decision in In re Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla
Tips for Building Your Equine Career
(Podcast) The Briefing: Protecting Fictional Characters – Copyright and Trademark Strategies
The Briefing: The Nirvana Baby Lawsuit – A Win for Nirvana
(Podcast) The Briefing: The Nirvana Baby Lawsuit – A Win for Nirvana
Can a Coach's Playbook Be Copyrighted? — No Infringement Intended Podcast
A Journey From The Courtroom To The Studio with Danny Cevallos, Legal Analyst, MSNBC/NBCNews
No Trouble With The Curve: Talking Major League Baseball with Frankie Garland, Deputy General Counsel, Philadelphia Phillies
(Podcast) The Briefing: George Santos vs. Jimmy Kimmel: Why the 2nd Circuit Sided with Comedy
The Briefing: George Santos vs. Jimmy Kimmel: Why the 2nd Circuit Sided with Comedy
Investing In Video Games with William Kerr, Managing Partner, Kerr LLP
The Briefing: Neil Young vs. Chrome Hearts: When Rock Meets Runway in Court
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business: A Business Leader’s Guide to Cross-Border Trademark Protection
Can You Still Sample Like It's 1989? — No Infringement Intended Podcast
(Podcast) The Briefing - Neil Young vs. Chrome Hearts: When Rock Meets Runway in Court
5 Key Takeaways | Styled for Compliance: What the NY Fashion Workers Act Means for Your Brand
Engineering Athletic Performance with David Cohen, General Counsel at Infinite Athlete
SkadBytes Podcast | Whose Work Is It Anyway?: How UK Law is Grappling With Generative AI and Training Data
How AI Will Shape Video Game Development with Miguel Oliveira, Jesse Helton & Bruce Morrison, Founders at Druids.AI
Congratulations to the 2025 World Series Champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Their dramatic Game 7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays completed their quest for the rare baseball accomplishment of back-to-back championships. One...more
Welcome back to the Spotlight! This past week, amidst Halloween candy sorting (and sampling…and re-sampling…) a recording artist by the name of Xania Monet generated enough radio play to make a historic appearance on the...more
A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in Southern Ute Indian Tribe et al. v. Polis et al., provides clarification on the extent of state authority to regulate online sports betting...more
The recent unanimous California Supreme Court opinion in Whitehead v. City of Oakland addressed the permissible scope of pre-event liability releases under Government Code §835 in cases involving injuries on public property....more
In the next two years, the number of commercial and recreational drones operating in the United States is expected to almost triple, reaching close to three million. While the vast majority of drones are used for lawful...more
Does Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevent states from designating separate girls’ and boys’ sports teams based on biological sex determined at birth?...more
Drag is a form of performance art in which individuals use clothing, makeup, and exaggerated mannerisms to express and perform aspects of gender identity, often through parody, glamor, or camp. It can take many forms—from...more
Kalshi, a federally regulated event contract exchange, is challenging state gaming regulators in multiple courts to determine whether it should be governed solely by federal law or also by individual state gambling laws....more
On September 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued a significant order in Martinson v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, granting a preliminary injunction against the NCAA’s enforcement...more
In this episode of Highway to NIL, Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys Cal Stein, Chris Brolley, and George Pla look at the post-House settlement landscape, including the revenue-sharing pool that allows schools to pay athletes...more
Trey Anastasio, guitarist and vocalist for the band Phish, surprised “phans” by making a guest appearance with the psych-punk band Guerilla Toss on October 17, 2025, at the Brooklyn Bowl. He has a long history of making...more
What is the legal framework governing bribery in Portugal? Bribery and corruption are regulated in articles 372 (Unlawfully Receiving or Offering an Advantage), 373 (Passive Corruption) and 374 (Active Corruption) of the...more
A consent agreement can be a powerful tool to overcome a USPTO likelihood-of-confusion refusal—but only if it’s done right. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin attorneys Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley discuss...more
In the wake of the Louvre heist, art collectors are rethinking how to secure and legally protect their collections. Tarter Krinsky & Drogin Art Law Group Chair Leila Amineddoleh explains the importance of key strategies for...more
The recent admission by a professional soccer coach that she used AI to shape her tactical decisions is a game-changer for the sports industry. Laura Harvey, head coach of the Seattle Reign FC (NWSL), is probably not the...more
In today’s volatile funding landscape, even high-potential early- and growth-stage companies can find themselves navigating tight liquidity conditions. For founders and executive teams in the ECVC space, recognizing early...more
The use of facial recognition technology in stadiums is becoming increasingly popular and has the potential to improve the visitor experience. Venues can use the technology to shorten queues at entrances and concession...more
Seventeen years after losing the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship by a single point to Lewis Hamilton, the former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is now taking legal action....more
In 2017, then-teenage baseball prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. signed a contract with Big League Advance (“BLA”). BLA is a company that provides upfront cash to minor league baseball players in exchange for a percentage of their...more
In the midst of its ongoing litigation with three leading prediction market companies, also known as “designated contract markets” or[JS1] “DCMs,” the Nevada Gaming Control Board (“NGCB” or “Board”) recently issued guidance...more
District court dismisses songwriters’ copyright claims against Brazilian pop star Anitta and her label, holding plaintiffs failed to adequately allege access where Anitta was only 14 years old and living in Brazil when...more
In long-running dispute between visual effects companies and Disney and its affiliates, district court denies motion to dismiss vicarious copyright infringement claim, finding plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded that defendants...more
Welcome back to the Spotlight, boos and ghouls. On this Hallow’s Eve, the only thing scarier than brain-eating zombies is not having anything for said zombies to dine on. After all, as your mummy would say, “a brain is a...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 NCAA Division I Board of Directors has adopted emergency legislation that allows the College Sports Commission (CSC) to declare Division I student-athletes ineligible for failing to disclose noninstitutional name, image,...more