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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - August 2024 #2

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The Eleventh Circuit on Monday refused to reopen a former football coach’s lawsuit accusing a Georgia school district of unlawfully refusing to renew his contract because he’s white, backing a lower court’s determination that...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Sports and Entertainment Industries’ Response to the War in Ukraine; and Larry David’s...

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As I write this, Ukraine remains under siege and its people (courageous and resolute as they are) subject to indiscriminate atrocities at the hands of Russian armed forces under the deranged authoritarian control of President...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Could Kanye “Ye” West’s Stem Player Create a Number of Copyright Issues?

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Welcome back or for the very first time (what took you so long?) to the “Sports & Entertainment Spotlight”! As the torch is extinguished on, by most metrics (television ratings, in particular) a fairly underwhelming Olympic...more

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Sports and Entertainment Spotlight: Member of the ROC Figure Skating Team Is Suspected of a Doping Scandal, and Former Miami...

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Welcome back, and in case you’ve been living under a rock (unless it’s a "30 Rock"), two of the biggest sporting events will command millions upon millions of eyeballs for NBC this weekend with the Winter Olympics (already in...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Former Miami Dolphins’ Head Coach Brian Flores Files a Potential Landmark Lawsuit Against the...

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Welcome back to the Spotlight and oh-me, oh-my, do we have a full slate of developments in the National Football League (NFL) – and that’s to say nothing of what happened on the field, with the Cincinnati Bengals and Los...more

Troutman Pepper

New NCAA Basketball Rules Create Compliance Challenges for Division I Universities

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On August 8, the NCAA announced a number of significant changes to its Division I college basketball bylaws. These changes — which come in response to the 2017 federal criminal investigation alleging fraud in college...more

Mintz - Sports Entertainment Viewpoints

After Schiano: Lessons For Athletic Directors from Tennessee’s Coaching Search

The vetting and hiring of a new coach is one of the most critical responsibilities athletic directors face. Athletic directors work to identify coaching candidates that will give the university’s teams an opportunity to win...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Unnecessary Roughness: Coaches, Concussions And The Constitution In Mann V. Palmerton Area School District

A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit may have coaches checking with their lawyer before deciding whether to allow an injured player to go back into a game or practice. In an alarming...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Three Point Shot - December 2016

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In Partial Trademark Victory over Chinese Sportswear Company, MJ Posterizes Unauthorized User of Chinese Version of His Name - In Game 3 of the first round of the 1991 NBA Eastern Conference playoffs between the New York...more

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