The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published, on March 18, 2022, new “Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA” (the “Guidance”). For colleges and universities, the Guidance offers some help as to how to best satisfy their...more
Recap: How We Got Here - Over the past three years there have been seismic shifts in the landscape of college sports, and these authors forecast even more change on the horizon. ...more
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held two hearings this June to address federal legislative proposals that would enable college athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”)....more
There has been a flurry of activity in the name, image, likeness (“NIL”) arena over the past several months. We previously discussed the NCAA’s about-face decision to permit student-athlete compensation, as well as related...more
On September 9, 2020, after receiving more than 17,000 public comments to its notice of proposed rulemaking (the “NPRM”), the United States Department of Education (the “Department”) published the Religious Liberty and Free...more
In May 2019, the NCAA Board of Governors created a Working Group to investigate responses to proposed state and federal legislation relating to student-athletes’ ability to be compensated for use of their name, image, or...more
On January 16, 2020, the Department of Education (the “Department”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) with the stated aim of implementing at colleges and universities certain Trump administration initiatives...more
In a seeming about-face, the NCAA’s governing board voted unanimously on October 29, 2019 to allow college athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”)....more