Murphy v. NCAA: The Case that Could Transform Sports Betting Across the Nation
The fight for widespread legalization of sports betting in this country received a huge boost this past June when the Supreme Court, to the surprise of many and over the…
Speaking About Politics: A Fireable Offense?
President Trump’s remarks that NFL owners should fire players who chose to kneel during the national anthem and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ statement that Jemele Hill’s tweets…
Theatrical Parody in an Age of Uncertain Fair Use in the Second Circuit
Fair use doctrine has been challenged and stretched by the technological leaps and bounds of recent years. In the recent Second Circuit case, Author’s Guild v. Google, the court grappled…
Video Games: A Growing Market and its Intellectual Property Needs
The video game industry is a rapidly growing market. The rising prize pools of video game tournaments and the popularity of streaming personalities are just a couple of the signs…
The Implications of Van Zant v. Pyle on the First Amendment
In August 2017, the District Court for the Southern District of New York enjoined Cleopatra Films from producing and distributing Street Survivor: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd…
What Is a Stadium?
Earlier this year, the Atlanta Braves opened SunTrust Park. The development was more than just a new baseball stadium, but also sparked the creation of a 60-acre complex called The…
Why are the People Funding Billionaires’ Stadiums?
Over the past 27 years, the American taxpayer has paid more than two-thirds of the $21.7 billion spent towards financing stadiums and arenas of the four major professional sports. These…
Pay-Per-View Theft: Increasing Ambiguity
A few months ago, the ABA Journal published an article addressing lawyers’ recent aggressive involvement in minimizing pay-per-view theft. Pay-per-view theft can be categorized into roughly three subheadings: active theft,…
The End of the Amateur Era
One of the most controversial question in the modern sports era is, what is an amateur? It seems silly and almost intuitive, but as one delves into the depths of…