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FCPA Compliance Report: Ethical Challenges in AI, Data Protection, and Sports with Andre Paris
The NCAA's Recent Q&A Document: Clues on What NIL Enforcement Will Look Like Post-House — Highway to NIL Podcast
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TortsCenter Podcast | Episode 10 | Law in the Arena: Exploring Equine Legal Matters with Kimbrell Hines
Sports and Compliance: All Things Dodgers
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2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Sports
TortsCenter Podcast | Episode 8 | Gambling and Harassment: Wyoming’s Game-Changing Ban
The Journey From Athlete To Executive
TortsCenter Podcast | Episode 7 | Fair Game: Diving into Sports ADR
Discussing Sports, Sneaker Culture and Diversity
Conversations With An NFL General Counsel
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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 200: Athlete Mental Health and Physical Conditioning With Dawn Staley
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The Past - Every seven years, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the labor union representing NBA players, come together to negotiate a Collective Bargaining...more
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
In this episode of The Burr Broadcast, Bryance Metheny, leader of the firm's Labor & Employment practice group, discusses the process that private employers would follow if a union attempts to organize its workforce. He uses...more
On March 5, 2024, players on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team voted to unionize, making the group the first college sports team to do so in the United States. Dartmouth College has already filed an appeal with the...more
The players say, “No thanks.” Florida and California are seen as polar opposites when it comes to policy and lawmaking. However, there is at least one thing they seem to agree on – minor league baseball players should be...more
In a much-anticipated decision issued on Monday, February 5, 2024, Region 01 of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) decided that the players on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team qualify as employees...more
Parents of ball player will get their day in court. Ryan Costello was a promising young baseball player. After being drafted in the 31st round of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft by the Seattle Mariners, and later...more
Employees have a right to privacy. Mike Babcock is one of the most successful coaches in the National Hockey League. He has won 700 games with three different teams and led the Detroit Red Wings to the Stanley Cup in the...more
Whom does the union represent? The National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Players Association, the players’ union, recently agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement. The negotiations and...more
That's a good thing. On April 1, the National Basketball Association and National Basketball Players Association announced that they had reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. The new deal, which...more
Who can negotiate on his behalf? Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is one of the most skilled and exciting players in the National Football League. In 2019, he threw for 36 touchdowns and ran for seven more on his...more
There is a better option. A recent report from the government of the United Kingdom proposing a governmental regulatory body to oversee English football (what Americans know as soccer) should be perplexing for those who...more
The non-statutory labor exemption might help some employers. On January 5, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule that, if implemented, would ban nearly all post-employment covenants not to compete...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to change the standard for determining if two employers may be joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more
Soccer phenom, 15-year-old Olivia Moultrie has been granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in her challenge to the National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) Age Rule. The league’s Age Rule requires players to be at least...more
Among the myriad challenges faced by sports leagues and their stakeholders in connection with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, questions concerning the payment of player salaries during suspended, and perhaps lost,...more
To repurpose a quote attributed to the late Olympic ice hockey player and head coach Herb Brooks for the 2018 Olympic ice hockey tournament, the name on the front of the jersey is definitely going to be more important or at...more
United States Soccer Fed’n, Inc. v. United States Nat’l Soccer Team Players Ass’n, No. 15-3402, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17339 (7th Cir. Sept. 22, 2016). The Seventh Circuit decided last month that an arbitrator exceeded his...more
On August 17, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board issued the long awaited decision in the Northwestern University football union case. 362 NLRB No. 167 (8/17/2015). In a rare display of unanimity, the five members of...more
Since we last discussed “Deflategate,” New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady appealed his four-game suspension resulting from the NFL’s finding that he had committed “conduct detrimental to the league,” based on 1) his...more
The Astros act like a corporation and like almost all corporations they look to pay the absolute cheapest that they can to get something. Those who advocate that there be a compliance defense added to the FCPA miss this...more