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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 3, April 2025

Welcome to our third issue of The Academic Advisor for 2025. In this edition, we cover the following topics of interest for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: - The...more

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NLRB Acting General Counsel Rescinds Biden-Era Guidance

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On February 14, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), William Cowen, issued a memo (GC 25-05) that rescinds a long list of memos by the previous General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo. Although...more

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Unions Call Time Out on College Athletes, but Campus Organizing Plays On

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The Dartmouth Men’s Basketball team, represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 560, requested to withdraw its petition to unionize on December 31, 2024. The petition, approved by the National Labor...more

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You Can’t Miss a Shot If You Don’t Show Up to the Game: Union Pulls Petition to Unionize Dartmouth Basketball Team

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On December 31, 2024, Service Employees International Union, Local 560 (SEIU), the union seeking to represent the men’s basketball team at Dartmouth College, withdrew its petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),...more

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Dartmouth Basketball Team Withdraws Petition to Form First Student-Athlete Union: 5 Compliance Tips for Colleges and Universities

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The country’s first unionized college basketball team is no more. After making history just under a year ago, the union representing Dartmouth College men’s basketball players withdrew its petition on December 31 and will no...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 4: Tackling Areas of High Risk in Your Athletics Department - October 8th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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The 2nd Annual Athletic Department Toolkit Series: Balancing Compliance and Competitive Success in an Era of Change (Higher Education) - New year, new topics. Stay up-to-date on current and forward-looking legal and...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 3: Play Offense, Not Defense: Complying with Title IX in an Ever-Changing Environment - October 1st,...

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The 2nd Annual Athletic Department Toolkit Series: Balancing Compliance and Competitive Success in an Era of Change (Higher Education) - New year, new topics. Stay up-to-date on current and forward-looking legal and...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 2: The Current Landscape of Student-Athlete Compensation - September 24th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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The 2nd Annual Athletic Department Toolkit Series: Balancing Compliance and Competitive Success in an Era of Change (Higher Education) - New year, new topics. Stay up-to-date on current and forward-looking legal and...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 1: The New Department of Labor Overtime Exemption Rule: What Your Athletics Department Needs to Know for...

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The 2nd Annual Athletic Department Toolkit Series: Balancing Compliance and Competitive Success in an Era of Change (Higher Education) - New year, new topics. Stay up-to-date on current and forward-looking legal and...more

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Unions for College Athletes – Some Food for Thought

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The Dartmouth College Men’s Basketball Team recently petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for recognition of their rights as “employees” of the College to form a union and bargain over their relationship to...more

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The Continuing Saga of NIL in the NCAA

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The NCAA landscape has become the “wild west” concerning NIL (name, image and likeness) litigation where seemingly a new issue develops every month. There were two noteworthy matters this past week. First, in the Eastern...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 3, March 2024

Welcome to the third issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024. In this edition, we examine the following topics of import for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: -...more

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Labor Law Insider—Dartmouth Basketball Team Unionizes: The NLRB Sets a Pick for Unions

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Legendary basketball player Magic Johnson said, “The only thing that matters is the score.” Well, the score is 13 to 2, considering the votes for a union representing the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team. For college...more

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What Every College and University Should Know About the National Labor Relations Act and its Impact on Campus Life

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Colleges and universities continue to experience increased union organizing activity, strikes, and other protests from its workers, outpacing similar activities by workers in other industries. Although these activities were...more

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

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Dartmouth College must bargain with its men’s basketball team after the National Labor Relations Board certified the players’ recent landmark vote to unionize with the Service Employees International Union on Thursday, but a...more

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North Carolina Governor Rescinds Executive Order on NIL

Over the last three years, following the implementation of an interim policy from the NCAA in July 2021, college student-athletes have been able to pursue name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals. In addition to the NCAA rules,...more

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NLRB Determines Varsity Basketball Players Are University Employees

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In September 2023, fifteen members of Dartmouth College’s varsity men’s basketball team sought to join Service Employees International Union, Local 560 (“Union”), which is the “exclusive representative” of Dartmouth...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - March 2024 #2

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The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur business model....more

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Navigating the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics: Implications of the Dartmouth College Student-Athlete Labor Decision

In a groundbreaking decision on February 5, the Regional Director for Region 01 of the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the men’s basketball student-athletes for Dartmouth College are to be considered employees under...more

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Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Votes to Form Union with SEIU

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On March 5, 2023 the Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team voted to organize with the Service Employees International Union, breaking ground as the first group of student athletes to form a bargaining unit in the Country....more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 3

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In Part One of our 3-part series, we touched on the background and landscape that led up to the Dartmouth decision. In Part Two, we explored the decision itself and pulled on the strings that the National Labor Relations...more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 2

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Having introduced the cast and set the scene in part 1 of this 3-part series, we turn now to the details. But before doing so, let’s get one thing out of the way – you likely won’t have unionized players on campus...more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 1

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It wasn’t cash, an NIL deal, or even an athletic scholarship, but it was compensation according to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 1 Director, Laura Sacks. By providing its men’s basketball team with apparel,...more

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NLRB Regional Director Rules Dartmouth College Basketball Players Are Employees, Setting Up Potential Landmark Board Case

On February 5, 2024, a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Boston ruled that men’s college basketball players at Dartmouth College are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor...more

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College Basketball Players Entitled to Union Election: Regional Director Dunks on Dartmouth

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On February 5, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Director Laura Sacks ordered a representation election to be held to determine if the Dartmouth University Men’s Basketball team will be represented by the Service...more

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