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Name and Likeness Students

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Five-Star High School Football Player Sues North Carolina State Board of Education Over NIL Prohibitions

Rolanda Brandon—the mother of sixteen-year-old star quarterback Faizon Brandon, the Greensboro, North Carolina, Grimsley High School football player who has committed to play for the University of Tennessee Volunteers in...more

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Title IX — Highway to NIL Podcast

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In this installment, Troutman Pepper attorneys Cal Stein, Mia Marko, and Dani Clifford discuss Title IX, a longstanding federal law that applies to educational institutions, and its intersection with the evolving landscape of...more

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What You Missed This Summer in Higher Ed Athletics - The House Settlement and Johnson Ruling  

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This summer brought significant legal and administrative changes to college athletics, reshaping the landscape for the upcoming academic year. Key court rulings, including the landmark House v. NCAA settlement, have mandated...more

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Georgia High School Association Places New Limits on How Students Can Benefit From NIL. Here's What it Means for Key Stakeholders.

The Georgia High School Association (GHSA) amended its rules on July 18 to place additional limits on how student-athletes can participate in commercial name, image, and likeness (NIL) activities. This amendment comes nearly...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - April 2024 #3

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the West Virginia law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams, finding that it violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based...more

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Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

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How Georgia High Schools Can Navigate the Unanswered Questions of the GHSA's NIL Guidance

Georgia has joined the list of states that allow high school athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL). On October 2, 2023, the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) added a new bylaw and guidance to its...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 9, November 2023

The Accreditation Overhaul for North Carolina (and Florida) Colleges - Last month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8 (HB 8) into law. In addition to establishing a new computer science requirement for...more

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NLRB Executing Its Gameplan to Treat Student Athletes as Employees

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We previously reported on General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's announcement of the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) gameplan to treat certain student athletes at private colleges and universities (together, "Academic...more

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Virginia High School League Adopts Name, Image and Likeness Guidelines

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On May 3, 2023, the Virginia High School League (VHSL) approved a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) policy to assist its member schools and their student-athletes navigate NIL deals. The guidance is intended to help...more

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Work Visas and One International College Athlete’s Slam Dunk on His Name, Image, and Likeness Rights

A basketball player from the Dominican Republic could be the first prospective National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athlete to secure an O-1 temporary work visa for those with “extraordinary ability” in athletics...more

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[Webinar] Title IX 50th Anniversary Primer: Time to Sue? - June 23rd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits gender discrimination by schools nationwide, including in intercollegiate athletics. But almost all colleges and universities in America are violating it. And history...more

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Top 6 Workplace Law Predictions for Education Employers – and What You Should Do to Prepare

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We recently provided our predictions for what education employers could expect to see in the area of workplace law over the next year as part of our FP Forecast series – but we had too many insights to fit into that edition....more

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Let’s Make A NIL Deal Part II: High School Student-Athletes Look to Get into the NIL Game

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Less than six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s NCAA v Alston decision, which opened the opportunity for college student-athletes to be compensated from their name, image and likeness, (NIL) high school students are now...more

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Developing an NIL policy: Athlete use of institutional marks/logos and facilities (Part 3)

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In our continuing "Developing a NIL policy" series, we touch on topics that colleges and universities should consider in drafting a comprehensive (and compliant) policy. In this publication, we will focus on the use of...more

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[Webinar] What You Missed this Summer in Higher Education - August 20th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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We’re back! Time to get focused and catch up on all you missed this summer with a veritable potpourri of legal developments on NIL, COVID, Title IX, HEERF, Supreme Court decisions and whatever else crosses our desks between...more

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June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Back in the Classroom, but Not Back to ‘Normal’

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The education industry, like many others, saw a fundamental shift in 2020 as remote learning challenged some of the long-held traditions of institutions, educators, and related companies. From federal support of reopening...more

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Will Acting General Counsel Ohr’s Appointment Lead To NCAA Athletes Becoming Eligible To Unionize?

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President Joe Biden has named Peter Sung Ohr to serve as Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). Ohr has served as the Regional Director of the NLRB Chicago office for nearly a decade...more

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