Category: Right of Publicity

In June 2021, the Supreme Court decided NCAA v. Alston which spurred the NCAA to change its rules and allow college athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness…

Privacy rights hold an interesting position in U.S. law. While not explicitly mentioned by the United States Constitution, they are considered a constitutional right by common law. It is a…

So, a lot of you have been asking … is the right of publicity in its current state working? While the right of publicity has long been used by singers,…

Caitlin Hall-Swan is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. On March 5th, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Josh Hawley, and Ranking Member…

Lvxiao Chen is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Seeing used to be believing. Not so much in the era of photoshop and computer-generated imagery (CGI). Even…

Sean Cunningham is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. In September, after securing a unanimous vote in California’s senate, Senate Bill 206 was signed into law by…

On July 6, 2018, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí (the Dalí Foundation) filed a complaint in in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that the Dalí17…

On August 17, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied class action certification for the retired National Football League (NFL) players suing Electronic Arts…