NIL Recruitment Injunction — Highway to NIL Podcast
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Class Action | Eleventh Circuit Reinstates No Hire Antitrust Claims Against Burger King
Antitrust Conversations: Antitrust Litigation
Antitrust Conversations: Fundamentals of Antitrust Law
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 100: Marguerite Willis, Nexsen Pruet Attorney
NCAA vs. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma: A Win for Antitrust Law and College Football Fans
College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico
JONES DAY TALKS®: Alston, the NCAA, and the Future of College Sports
Game On: College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico
Nota Bene Episode 68: The Current Antitrust Enforcement Climate in the United States with Capitol Forum Senior Editor Nate Soderstrom
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In a divided party-line vote, the FTC recently charged Guardian Service Industries, Inc. (Guardian), a New York City-area building services contractor, with violating Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Section 5 of the Federal...more
California Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Paula Blizzard recently announced that the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO) intends to “reinvigorat[e] criminal prosecutions” under California’s Cartwright Act, Cal. Bus....more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently issued a long-anticipated ruling in an antitrust challenge to the so-called Northeast Alliance, or NEA, between American Airlines Group Inc. and JetBlue...more
The Department of Justice has claimed its first victory in attacking “no-poach” agreements after a Nevada staffing company pled guilty and was sentenced to pay $134,000. The case arose out of a concerted effort by the...more
Over the last several years, business-to-business “no-hire” and “no-poach” agreements have come under legal attack, including through enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission and criminal prosecutions by the...more
Parties in Criminal No-Poach Case Reach Pre-Trial Resolution - Recently, the parties in United States v. Hee notified District Court Judge Boulware of the District of Nevada that they reached a preliminary plea deal. The...more
Juries Acquit Criminal Antitrust Defendants of All Charges - This month, federal juries acquitted defendants facing criminal antitrust convictions in two trials against employers accused of improperly restraining trade in...more
On June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) released its highly anticipated opinion in NCAA v. Alston. SCOTUS unanimously upheld the rulings by the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more
In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” host Darius Gambino of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice, discusses the issues of college athletes being compensated for their name, image and likeness...more
The United States Supreme Court decided two antitrust cases for October Term 2020. The first case, AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade Commission, unanimously held that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is not...more
The NCAA has implemented a blockbuster temporary policy allowing college athletes to be paid for the use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL). This reversal of the NCAA’s long-standing ban against compensation to college...more
On June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that NCAA rules prohibiting most types of compensation for student-athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL) violate federal antitrust laws in the landmark...more
Strange as it may be, with vast majority of the world still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are on the eve of the opening ceremony for the “2020” Tokyo Summer Olympics. Olympic games in “normal” times are logistical...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston that the NCAA violated antitrust law by prohibiting member colleges from providing athletes with certain educational benefits....more
In a recent unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States in NCAA v. Alston ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) limits on education-related benefits are invalid under federal...more
Following a unanimous ground-breaking decision delivered by the U.S. Supreme Court in NCAA v. Alston, effective July 1, 2021, the NCAA adopted an interim Name, Image and Likeness (“NIL”) policy, which set off broad NIL...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
Just days ago, in NCAA v. Alston, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the NCAA may place no limits on “education-related” benefits to student-athletes. Siding with current and former student-athlete plaintiffs, the Court...more
Less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court’s significant decision in NCAA v. Alston, college athletes secured yet another win in their prospects for compensation. The NCAA recently announced a new interim policy...more
On June 21, 2021, in NCAA v. Alston, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) rules limiting education-related compensation that colleges and universities can provide...more
In a long awaited decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously this week in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston et al., that the NCAA violated the antitrust laws in limiting the education-related benefits...more
On June 21, 2021, in an opinion providing a very interesting historical overview of collegiate athletics going back to the 19th century and the founding of what is now the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the...more
On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a historic opinion concerning the NCAA and its policies on student-athlete compensation. The Court’s ruling signals potentially drastic changes to come in the NCAA’s...more
On June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Alston v. NCAA that certain rules enacted by the NCAA cannot survive federal antitrust scrutiny. Although this was likely not a major defeat for the NCAA,...more
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION v. ALSTON - Before the United States Supreme Court; Opinion by Justice Gorsuch; Concurring Opinion by Justice Kavanaugh; On writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals...more