Conversations With An NFL General Counsel
Podcast Episode 190: After the Buzzer Goes Beyond the Scores!
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Judge Throws a Flag on the Play in USFL IP Litigation
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Judge Throws a Flag on the Play in USFL IP Litigation
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - The Original USFL Throws a Flag at Fox’s Attempted Revival of the United States Football League
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: The Original USFL Throws a Flag at Fox’s Attempted Revival of the United States Football League
NCAA vs. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma: A Win for Antitrust Law and College Football Fans
WorldSmart: The Legal & Business Side of Football ("Soccer")
Lowndes Client Corner Podcast Episode 6: Florida Citrus Sports, Generating Economic Impact
II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
I-16 – Kneeling, Indefinite Leave, DC Updates, Non-Compete Consideration, and Pretty as a Protected Class
Inside NFL's Jaguars Owner's Fulham FC Purchase
Wanting Him to Stay Home, HS Running Back’s Mom Takes Letter of Intent to Lawyer
On June 6, Judge Claudia Wilken of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California approved a settlement agreement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), power conferences, and...more
At the end of January, attorneys general Jonathan Skrmetti of Tennessee and Jason Miyares of Virginia filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee alleging that the NCAA’s newest name,...more
Reviewing the Major Plays of 2023 - This past year saw major developments in the world of college sports. From challenges to name, image and likeness (NIL) contracts to congressional hearings to proposed NCAA guidelines,...more
Mixed-use developments blending college football and esports create thriving communities that combine tradition and innovation, making them attractive for both businesses and colleges. These community-driven environments...more
Over the last several days, there have been significant developments relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the pending tax reform legislation in Congress. On Thursday, a detailed summary of the Senate Finance Committee’s...more
GOP Reacts Swiftly to NLRB General Counsel’s Memorandum Regarding the Status of Division I Scholarship Football Players at Private Universities - In a memorandum dated January 31, 2017, National Labor Relations Board...more
Since 2014, the National Labor Relations Board has issued three significant decisions related to union organizing at private universities: Pacific Lutheran University; Columbia College; and Northwestern University. ...more
In an official memorandum entitled “General Counsel’s Report on the Statutory Rights of University Faculty and Students in the Unfair Labor Practice Context,” the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Richard...more
Scholarship football players in Division I FBS private sector colleges and universities are employees under the National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard F. Griffin has concluded....more
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Gillian Berger, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al, 16-1558 (7th Cir. 2016) has affirmed a district court's decision that...more
The recent federal appellate decision in O'Bannon v. NCAA may have profound implications for colleges obligated to ensure gender equity in athletics under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). In the...more
In a partial victory for the NCAA, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned in part a permanent injunction issued by the District Court for the Northern District of California, which had required the NCAA to allow...more
Depending on your allegiance, “the Play” was one of either the most memorable or the most infamous moments in the history of college football. It happened in the final seconds of 1982’s annual “Big Game” between the Stanford...more
In a long-awaited decision issued on August 17, 2015, the five-member National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) unanimously shut down an attempt by Northwestern University’s scholarship football players to become the first...more
As previously noted in this blog, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has sought amicus curiae briefing in the Northwestern University and College Athletes Players Association matter on review of the NLRB Regional...more
For some time, the NCAA, academic institutions and students have been debating how college athletes — who earn millions of dollars for their institutions — should be treated in terms of compensation, benefits and having a...more