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

Kaufman & Canoles on 8/6/2024

Streaming service Fubo has told a NY federal court that ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up with others to knock down its “sports-first streaming business,” but what Fubo calls anticompetitive behavior, the...more

The Pitch - February 2024

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 2/26/2024

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

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - February 2024 #3

Kaufman & Canoles on 2/20/2024

The City of Pittsburgh hopes to bring a legal dispute over its sports facility usage fee to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The city has stopped collecting the fee in the meantime, which could put new strains on an already...more

Intellectual Property Rights in the Crosshairs as Lawsuits Involving Disney and Facebook Surface

Foster Garvey PC on 10/1/2021

- What will the “Endgame” be for the lawsuit between Walt Disney Company and former Marvel comic book creators? In the spring of this year, a host of famed artists and illustrators of Marvel characters such as Iron Man,...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2020 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/24/2020

EEOC Clarifies EEO-1 Requirements. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) confirmed that it is still waiting for approval by the Office of Management and Budget to collect 2019 EEO-1 data and that the survey is...more

Beltway Buzz - February, 2018

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/5/2018

“Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ‘cause it’s cooooold out there today.” Here is your Groundhog Day Beltway Buzz...more

July 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper on 8/8/2016

Four of the five independent contractor (IC) misclassification cases reported below from July 2016 illustrate how companies continue to fail to structure, document, and implement a business’s IC relationships in a manner that...more

Orchestra Left Without A Chair When The Music Stops: Another Independent Contractor Misclassification

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/29/2016

How independent are musicians who play and perform with others? Do they have more artistic control on their own, or do they only become truly great artists in collaboration with others when their independent talents combine...more

Court Pulls Curtain on NLRB Ruling

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 2/8/2016

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the NLRB’s finding that stagehands in the Atlanta area were employees rather than independent contractors. The Court found that the NLRB repeatedly misapplied the law and...more

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