Earlier this month, Sarah K. Rathke, co-lead of the firm’s US Sports & Entertainment Group shared her views with Sports Business Journal on the disparity between the Men’s and Women’s March Madness basketball tournament.
In this article Sarah explains that even now, with things heading in the right direction as the Women’s tournament now compensates…
Nearly 40% of adult Americans say they’ve experienced some type of sport-related mistreatment in their lives, a new study shows.
Mistreatment ranged from psychological and emotional to physical and sexual. But most people who reported mistreatment experienced more than one kind, the research found.
And one-third of those who never even played organized sports reported…
The EsportsTravel Summit is the world’s largest gathering of esports tournament and video-game event organizers and the only business conference focused on the travel side of the esports industry. Organized by the Northstar Meetings Group, the 2025 summit will be staged June 16–18, in Bloomington, Minnesota, a destination that has activated successful esports events at…
Amundsen Davis LLC, a leading Midwest law firm, has announced that Luke A. Fedlam has joined the firm as partner in its Entertainment, Sports & Media Service Group.
The firm contends Fedlam’s “deep understanding of the intersection of corporate law and the sports industry will enhance the firm’s already-significant practice in entertainment and media law.…
In approximately one month, on April 7, 2025, Judge Wilken will hear arguments from certain parties who have objected (“Objectors”) to the proposed settlement agreement to resolve several student-athlete compensation lawsuits against the NCAA—House, Carter and Hubbard. As previously discussed on this Blog, the Objectors will have the opportunity to voice their arguments before…
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There are currently 13 franchise cricket leagues across the world, taking place throughout the year. The Indian Premier League (IPL) began in 2008 and has spearheaded the charge towards big-money T20 cricket, pulling in over half a billion viewers across 67 matches in 2024 [1]. This article will look at cricket contracts,…
Clarkson’s Arthur Bryant continues to be a prominent voice in the battle for gender equity and Title IX compliance in intercollegiate athletics. With decades of experience representing women athletes and championing equal rights in college sports, Bryant is arguably America’s most accomplished Title IX lawyer. He has been cited by the press nationwide for his…
By Alyssa Rodriguez and Gregg E. Clifton
West Virginia joins Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri in an effort to protect the state’s student-athletes and potentially prevent the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) from enforcing rules related to Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) and athlete compensation. West Virginia state lawmakers are the latest to join…
As one of the legal industry’s most popular speakers, David Lancelot, the CLO and EVP of Advocacy at LawVu(https://lawvu.com/, has interacted with countless GCs about the challenges they encounter when managing their workload.
And that workload is increasing.
“Amid ongoing economic and industry pressures, businesses are increasingly more likely to retain work in-house…
SportsCastr Inc. (D/B/A PANDA Interactive), a sports streaming and betting technology company, has announced that it has filed amended complaints against Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI) and Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD), adding parallel antitrust claims to its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit. The complaint asserts that both Defendants have unlawfully tied access to the official sports data they…
