No Trouble With The Curve: Talking Major League Baseball with Frankie Garland, Deputy General Counsel, Philadelphia Phillies
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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Could a Trademark Search Have Saved ‘The Cleveland Indians’ Botched Rebrand?
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Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres announced that control of the franchise will be passed to an ownership group led by investor couple Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano, a few months after the family of the team's late...more
Earlier this month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and Major League Baseball (“MLB”) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) establishing a formal framework for cooperation, information sharing,...more
In a move that would make even the most seasoned sports fans do a double-take, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) and Major League Baseball (MLB) stepped up to the plate on March 19, signing a...more
As the sports calendar shifts from the end of the NFL season to the start of MLB Spring Training, professional sports labor negotiations offer a timely lens on how collective bargaining works in that arena under the National...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sustained the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board’s refusal to register trademark applications (over oppositions) for two character marks and a design mark based on the Board’s...more
The evidence against the college basketball players indicted Thursday on federal sports gambling charges, and the alleged fixers involved in enticing and paying the players, appears strong enough for the NCAA to focus on...more
The National Football League has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether its arbitration process, overseen by the commissioner, complies with federal law, appealing a Second Circuit ruling in favor of a coach suing the...more
DraftKings’ prediction markets went live on Friday, bringing sports event contracts to 17 states that haven’t legalized sports betting, including California, Texas, and Florida....more
The indictment of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz reprises a familiar white collar crime playbook, applying a series of fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges to a novel sports betting...more
Fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore “barged his way” into the apartment of a woman with whom he had been having an affair and threatened to kill himself after she reported the relationship to the school...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
Jury Finds Global Health Care Company Novo Nordisk Not Liable in Whistleblower’s FCA Suit - A federal jury in Washington state found Novo Nordisk not liable for violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), Anti-Kickback...more
On November 6, the College Sports Commission (CSC) published an NIL deal flow report that included data on third-party NIL deals through the end of October. According to the report, the CSC has cleared 12,175 deals totaling...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
It might have been nothing more than coincidence, but the NCAA released a statement on Wednesday denying athletes five years of college eligibility for now, with Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman explaining the...more
The Los Angeles Dodgers leveraged deferred compensation contracts to gain $241.44 million in player value for 2026 while paying half that amount. With two World Series in the last four years and another bid this year, this...more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Monday that approved a study on potential inequities in youth sports, including “race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, income, or geographic...more
In this episode of "Lawyers With Game," host Darius Gambino from Saul Ewing's Video Gaming & Esports Practice speaks with Frankie Garland, Deputy General Counsel of the Philadelphia Phillies. Frankie shares how he built a...more
Michael Jordan stood on the steps outside a federal courthouse and acknowledged he was willing to settle an antitrust suit against NASCAR. The judge hearing the case months ago admonished both sides to come to a resolution....more
The Major League Baseball (MLB) Postseason is underway, and the World Series will start on October 24, 2025. Radio and television stations may want to conduct or participate in promotions that are tied to the baseball...more
Attorneys general from 27 states and the U.S. Territory of Guam have signed onto amicus briefs to support the defense in a forthcoming Supreme Court case to protect women’s sports from transgender athlete inclusion....more
A Nashville federal judge Friday declined to grant a Division I college basketball player another year of eligibility, finding that the student-athlete has not shown how the National Collegiate Athletic Association‘s...more
Welcome to Chalk Talk, your legal playbook for the ever-evolving sports industry. Each month, our Sports Law team will draw up the X's and O's behind the legal, policy, and regulatory issues impacting your business. We'll...more
Watching a Cubs game from a nearby rooftop sounds like an ideal afternoon. At Wrigley Field, it became a business. For years, rooftop owners near the stadium sold tickets, served food and drinks, and offered fans a unique...more
The PGA Tour announced a significant structural change Tuesday hiring longtime NFL executive Brian Rolapp as the first CEO in the organization’s history while beginning the transition away from commissioner Jay Monahan, who...more