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6 Key Takeaways | Beyond the Game: Legal and Institutional Shifts in the NIL Era

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Kilpatrick’s Jim Hefferan and Michael Grace recently presented “Beyond the Game: Legal and Institutional Shifts in the NIL Era.” NIL (name, image, and likeness) has transformed the landscape of college athletics in recent...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2025 #2

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The Fourth Circuit on Friday seemed poised to unravel a federal court’s injunction allowing two NASCAR teams, including one co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan, to continue racing as chartered teams while they pursue...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - April 2025 #2

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UFC has urged a Nevada federal court not to certify a class of fighters in the second antitrust lawsuit it is facing over allegedly suppressed wages, saying the class is legally defective because the plaintiffs who filed the...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - February 2025

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The NCAA and a coalition of states led by Tennessee reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the NCAA, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Jan. 31....more

Fisher Phillips

$375 Million UFC Antitrust Settlement Highlights Era of Athlete Empowerment: 2 Key Takeaways For Sports Industry

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One of two class action antitrust lawsuits involving the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) may be coming to a close as a federal court Judge preliminarily approved a settlement agreement between the fighting organization...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Taking It to the House: Preliminary Approval of Settlement in House v. NCAA Could Bring Significant Changes to College Sports

In the latest development from the antitrust class-action lawsuit filed against the NCAA regarding potential compensation allegedly denied to student-athletes, Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The UFC’s Biggest Bout Yet: Its Battle Against Its Fighters’ Antitrust Lawsuit

We have not previously reported on an antitrust litigation that is enveloping the mixed martial arts (“MMA”) world. Six current and former MMA fighters have filed a class action lawsuit against the company that owns the UFC,...more

Carlton Fields

No Cash Compensation for Class of Amateur Student Athletes

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In a class action brought under the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the NCAA eligibility regulations are subject to antitrust scrutiny. Applying the so-called Rule of Reason, the court held...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Three Point Shot - January 2015

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Antitrust Class Action Suit Threatens to Put UFC in Choke Hold - When people talk about mixed martial arts ("MMA"), it is likely within the octagonal context of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ("UFC"). UFC exploded...more

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Minor League Baseball Players Take a Swing at MLB in Antitrust Suit

Several minor league baseball players have filed an antitrust class action against Major League Baseball, alleging that MLB and its teams operate as a cartel to impose restrictive contracts on minor league players. The suit,...more

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