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From Emmys to Endorsements: Updates You Don’t Want to Miss

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! Allow me to be among the first to wish you happy Fall, y’all. If I close my eyes while typing, the keystrokes almost sound like crunching crisp leaves. With the start of my favorite season—made...more

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Athletes, Arenas, and Cyberattacks: The Evolving Landscape of Cybersecurity in Sports

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As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, the sports industry faces unique challenges in safeguarding its data, athletes, and events. During a recent panel discussion at the Aspen Cyber Summit, Reynold Hoover, CEO of the...more

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From Courtside to Beauty Counters: The Bold Moves Shaping Sports and Entertainment

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! Though you may have been down on your luck this Friday the 13th, I am here to do my best to help you reverse course. Even if you happened to step on a crack, walk under a ladder, break a mirror,...more

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NCAA Settlement Hearing — Highway to NIL Podcast

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The Highway to NIL Podcast analyzes the legal landscape concerning college athletics and the regulation of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights of student athletes. The podcast provides key insights into the current state...more

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The Spotlight Kicks Off Fall: Fashion Collabs to Football's Curtain Call

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! Like clockwork, the other side of Labor Day has started to feel a little more like Fall, with a slight chill in the air, pumpkin spice aromas descending down from the heavens (or up from the...more

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The Pitch - August 2024

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

Baker Donelson

Leadership, Lawyers, and Basketball – Oh My!

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I've been pondering the relationship among these three things – leadership, lawyers, and basketball – since watching this year's Women's NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament earlier this year, there seems to be a lot we can...more

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Baker's Dozen: Women Olympians Leading the Way

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In every corner of the world, women athletes are not just excelling in their sports – they're leading with resilience, determination, and unmatched excellence. The Olympic Games offered us a front-row seat to witness the...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - August 2024 #4

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Floyd Mayweather finds himself deep into a lawsuit, as fraud and theft claims have been put against his name. The American boxer and rapper Tyga are now part of a suit by Leonard Sulaymanov, who has alleged the non-payment of...more

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Summer Fades, Stars Shine: From Little League Dreams to Big League Schemes

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Welcome to the Spotlight! As hard as it is to believe, summer is winding down, Joro spiders seemingly avoided (wish I could say the same about spotted lantern flies), hot dogs (OG or vegan) consumed, marshmallows roasted,...more

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From Paris Gold to LA Glitz – The Olympic Journey, NIL Docuseries, and More

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! As we wave au revoir to the rousing success that was the Paris Olympic Games, in which the United States racked up the most gold medals and highest overall medal total, and NBCUniversal saw its...more

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The Caitlin Clark Effect, Salaries and Name, Image, Likeness in the WNBA

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In May 2024, Caitlin Clark, the standout Iowa Hawkeyes point guard, joined the Indiana Fever. Her rookie debut coincided with an almost 200% increase in viewership for the WNBA —the so-called “Caitlin Clark Effect.” Of...more

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Courtside Counsel - August 2024

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

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Golden Moments and Silver Linings

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! After years of training and trials, our United States’ Olympians are assembling an impressive, gleaming mosaic of accomplishments as if their medals were tiles. In track & field, a new “World’s...more

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Johnson Case’s Potential Impact on Colleges, NIL, and College Athletics — Highway to NIL

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The Highway to NIL Podcast analyzes the legal landscape concerning college athletics and the regulation of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights of student athletes. The podcast provides key insights into the current state...more

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Defying age discrimination on the halfpipe: Olympic Team GB’s 51-year-old sensation

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As an avid fan of the Olympics and someone who is fascinated by the sheer range of ages among the athletes, I was particularly drawn to Andy MacDonald, Team GB’s 51-year-old skateboarding sensation....more

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Digital Speaks: Ai and the Games - Embracing a New Age for Sports

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The Games have kicked off in true Parisian style and is promising to be a groundbreaking spectacle, not just for the inspirational athletic feats we are certain to see but also for the innovative use of artificial...more

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“Fair, Fast and Free”: Arbitration on the Olympic Level

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Managing the fairness of a global sporting event like the Olympic Games, where the stakes for athletes are at a peak, poses a major challenge. That’s why the International Council for Arbitration for Sports (ICAS) created an...more

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Olympic Medals and Income Tax

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The 2024 Paris Olympics are in full swing, and it is never too early for U.S. athletes to consult with their tax advisor. As was done in 2021, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has pledged to award U.S....more

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Unleashing August: Embracing the Dog Days with Sports and Entertainment

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! With our calendar pages turning over to August, we are right in the thick of the so-called “Dog Days of Summer” which get that name from the appearance of the dog constellation Sirius in the...more

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Practice How You Play? Training Tech vs. Competition Tech

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Most athletes have probably had a coach or two quote Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell, “You play like you practice and you practice how you play.” But does this always hold true?...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - July 2024 #5

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted a limited appeal in Pittsburgh’s challenge to a Pennsylvania court ruling that the city’s tax on visiting athletes and performers is unconstitutional. ...more

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Ancient Greece Competed Naked: How Technology Has Clothed Olympians Over Time

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The exact origins of Olympians competing naked are unclear. Perhaps it began when Spartan runner Acanthus showed up to race without the traditional loincloth on. Or it could have been when Orsippus of Megara won his 185-meter...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 200: Athlete Mental Health and Physical Conditioning...

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For our 200th episode, we are thrilled to welcome University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball Coach and Olympic Gold Medalist Dawn Staley back to the podcast! Fresh off the 2024 National Championship, Coach Staley shares...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Paris 2024 Kicks Off with Star Power, Legal Battles, and New Partnerships

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! The long wait is over… As unbearable as waiting a week for the next installment of the Spotlight, I am referring to the four year long wait since the last Summer Olympic Games. At the moment,...more

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