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Top Ten Tips For Athletes Negotiating NIL Deals

Over the last decade student athletes have petitioned the courts to invalidate the NCAA's rules prohibiting students from profiting from their NIL. In Alston v. NCAA (2021) student athletes...

United States Media & IT

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Rewriting The NIL Playbook? Title IX Appeal Puts House v. NCAA Settlement In Jeopardy

On Wednesday, October 29, 2025, current and former female student-athletes filed an opening brief in the US Court of Appeals...

United States Media & IT

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Butzel Long

Super Lawyers Names 87 Pryor Cashman Attorneys To 2025 New York Metro List

We're proud to announce that Super Lawyers has recognized 87 Pryor Cashman attorneys on its 2025 New York Metro list for excellence across a wide range of practice areas.

United States Law Performance

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Game Changers: How Private Equity Is Continuing To Reshape The Sports Industry

We first discussed the NFL's groundbreaking decision to permit private equity investments into clubs in our Q4 2024 issue. Since then, the league has formalized its framework...

United States Media & IT

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Ohio Court Expands NIL Rights To High School Athletes

United States Consumer

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

College Football Coaching Carousel Should Largely Revolve Around NIL Strategies And Vision

United States Media & IT

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Jones Walker

Update: NCAA Delays New Betting Policy For Student Athletes

United States Media & IT

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Sides With Athletes, Declares 'Jock Tax' Unconstitutional

United States Tax

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Cozen O'Connor

Logan Paul's Company Picks A Fight With Lionel Messi (Podcast)

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Are Prominent NBA Arrests Anomalies Or A Sign Of Things To Come?

United States Media & IT

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

NCAA President Calls For Stiffer State Laws On Sports Betting Following NBA Betting Scandal And Revised Legislation Permitting Sports Betting For D-II And D-III Athletes

United States Media & IT

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Jared Goff Is A Detroit Lion – That Doesn't Mean They Can Use Any Pictures Of Him They Want

United States IP

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Marks Gray

Logan Paul's Company Picks A Fight With Lionel Messi

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Legal Sportsbooks: The Unexpected Watchdogs Of Integrity In Professional Sports

United States Media & IT

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Jones Walker

California Privacy Violations Result In $1.35 Million Fine!

United States Privacy

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Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

District Court Invalidates Patents For Bridge Cheating Detection Software Under § 101

United States IP

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

U.S. Immigration Updates – October 2025

Worldwide Immigration

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Klasko

Control, Creativity, Closure: The Mediation Advantage

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Federal Court Blocks Enforcement Of Texas Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law

United States Commercial

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Federal Court Narrows But Does Not End Debate Over Transgender Athletes And Title IX In College Sports

Whether and how transgender women may participate in women's collegiate sports remains one of the most closely watched issues in the country.

United States Media & IT

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

MLB's Deferred Compensation Practice: How The Dodgers In 2025 Are Getting $241.44 Million Worth Of Value By Paying Only $115.61 Million

No MLB team has utilized deferred compensation contracts more than the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the next closest team being over $800 million behind.

United States Media & IT

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

High Stakes: The NCAA's New Betting Policy And The Risks For College Athletes

Effective November 1, 2025, NCAA student-athletes will be permitted to place bets on professional sports, including leagues such as the NFL, NBA, and NHL. On October 8, 2025...

United States Media & IT

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

What Happens In Nevada … May Impact Prediction Markets And Sports Gambling Across The U.S.

The sports-prediction market landscape just shifted. Nevada District Court Judge Andrew Gordon's newly released opinion denied Crypto.com's motion for a preliminary injunction against Nevada regulatory oversight for its prediction market product.

United States Media & IT

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Boston Strong And Trademark Rights – Why You Can't Own A City's Motto

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Esports' Surge Requires Navigating A Privacy Compliance Maze

Worldwide Privacy

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Section 230 Under Siege: How Would Revisions Affect Gaming And Web3 Platforms? (Video)

United States Media & IT

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Gamma Law

After House v. NCAA: Will Congress Or The White House Bring Order To College Sports?

United States Media & IT

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Lorem Ipsum Dolor Adipiscing

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

NCAA Takes Steps To Permit Gambling On Professional Sports While Continuing To Crack Down On College Sports Betting

United States Media & IT

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Ropes & Gray LLP

The Business Behind Sport: Aaryaman Banerji, Head Of Football Governance At Lane Clark And Peacock (Podcast)

United States Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Collateral Consequences: The Iowa College Sports-Betting Scandal (Podcast)

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

The Payoff: Can US Financial Institutions Process Payments For Today's Gambling Industry? Growth Opportunity Or Too Much Risk?

United States Media & IT

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Jones Walker

CFTC's Advisory On Exchange-Listed Sports Event Contracts

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Business Behind Sport: Aaryaman Banerji, Head Of Football Governance At Lane Clark And Peacock (Podcast)

In this episode of the The Business Behind Sport, Jonny Gray is joined by Aaryaman Banerji, Head of Football Governance at Lane Clark and Peacock.

United States Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Collateral Consequences: The Iowa College Sports-Betting Scandal (Podcast)

For the first episode of Wicked Coin's second season, hosts Tatiana Sainati and Diana Shaw are joined by special guest Colin Cloherty, a Wiley associate, former NFL player, and federal prosecutor, who helps them unravel the explosive details of the Iowa sports-betting scandal that rocked collegiate athletics.

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

The Payoff: Can US Financial Institutions Process Payments For Today's Gambling Industry? Growth Opportunity Or Too Much Risk?

Any analysis of the legality of wagering must include an analysis of the federal gaming laws (largely prohibitions), including, but not limited to, the Wire Act, the Travel Act, and the Illegal Gambling Business Act...

United States Media & IT

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Jones Walker

CFTC's Advisory On Exchange-Listed Sports Event Contracts

On September 30, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") staff issued an advisory (the "Advisory") in anticipation of the impending government shutdown.

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Next Frontier In Sports: Legal Ramifications Of Biometric Data And Virtual Reality Innovation

United States Technology

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Proskauer Rose LLP

CSC's First NIL Report Reveals $80 Million In NIL Deals, Although Overall System Efficacy Questions Remain

The College Sports Commission (CSC) released its first NIL Go platform report since mandatory reporting went into effect in June. From June 11 through August 31, 2025, the CSC reports that 32,000...

United States Media & IT

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

EU Court Of Justice Confirms: EU Courts Must Be Able To Review Conformity Of Sports Arbitration Awards With EU Public Policy

According to the Advocate General, the principle of effective judicial protection means that awards stemming from mandatory arbitration proceedings...

United States Litigation

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A&O Shearman

Littler Lounge: From Sports Brackets To Benchmarks – Navigating The Legal Side Of Workplace Contests And Incentives (Podcast)

What do fantasy football, March Madness brackets, and workplace raffles have in common? They might all be gambling – and they might be happening on your company's time and devices.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Trust Issues: Did The Clippers' Kawhi's Aspiration Deal Skirt The NBA Salary Cap?

As a trust and estates attorney for professional athletes, I was shocked when news broke that fintech start-up Aspiration owed the LA Clippers small forward, Kawhi Leonard's personal LLC...

United States Family

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Offit Kurman

Conversations With The Industry: Magnus Egerstedt, UC Irvine

United States Media & IT

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Foley Hoag LLP

Retail Partner & Managing Director Justin MacFarlane Was Interviewed By CNBC.Com On The Benefits And Risks Of Third-Party Retail Marketplaces

United States Consumer

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AlixPartners

Circuit Split Over NCAA Eligibility Rules Looms As Student-Athletes Take The Field

United States Media & IT

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Getting Paid For Nothing? The Legal Risks Of No-Show Jobs

United States Employment

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Offit Kurman

Antitrust And Sports: Legal Framework And Evolving Landscape

United States Media & IT

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Boies Schiller Flexner

The College Sports Commission Releases Its Inaugural NIL Deal Flow Report

United States Media & IT

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Steptoe LLP

Sports Law Today Newsletter: Fall 2025

United States Media & IT

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Friday Night Laws: A Primer On The Sports Broadcasting Act Of 1961

United States Media & IT

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

The Business Behind Sport: Brandon Doll, Founder Of Sports & Entertainment Advisors (Podcast)

United States Media & IT

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Courts Rule That NFL Arbitration Clause Lacks Enforceability

United States Litigation

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Implications Of Updated College Sports Commission Guidance Related To NIL Collectives, Transactions

United States Media & IT

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Four Things College Athletes Need To Know About Personal Branding In The NIL Era

United States Media & IT

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

U.S. Olympic Committee's New Transgender Athlete Ban Highlights Changing Policy Landscape

United States Media & IT

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Place Your Bets: US District Courts Are Split On Whether The Commodity Exchange Act Preempts State Gaming Laws With Respect To Sports Event Contracts

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Iowa Sports Betting Update: Changes To Iowa Withholding Requirements

United States Media & IT

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Nyemaster Goode

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Royalty Income Payments Won't Solve The International Student Athlete Employment Issue

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Green and Spiegel

House V. NCAA Settlement Creates Potential Crisis For International Athletes

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Green and Spiegel

Punctuation In The Harmonized Tariff Schedule Of The United States

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

LSU's Last-Tear Poa Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Immigration Services

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

What Can International Athletes Do To Earn An Income While Playing For Their Schools?

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

College Athletes' Status As Employees Puts Student Visas At Risk

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Urgency Builds To Address How Employee Model Affects International Athletes

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

NLRB Rules Dartmouth Basketball Players Employees

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Green and Spiegel

International Student Athletes Still Restricted From NIL Deals

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Green and Spiegel

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Gamma Law

Littler Lounge: From Sports Brackets To Benchmarks – Navigating The Legal Side Of Workplace Contests And Incentives (Podcast)

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Littler Mendelson

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

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K&L Gates LLP

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