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Dartmouth Basketball Players Vote to Unionize after NLRB Declares Them Employees

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In a historic election on March 5, 2024, the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to unionize. The vote took place exactly one month after an NLRB regional director ruled that Dartmouth men’s basketball players...more

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Dartmouth Basketball Players Vote to Be First College Athletes Represented by a Union

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On March 5, 2024, players on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team voted to unionize, making the group the first college sports team to do so in the United States. Dartmouth College has already filed an appeal with the...more

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Dartmouth men’s basketball players are employees, NLRB Regional Director says

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In a February 5 decision, Laura A. Sacks, the Regional Director for Region 01 of the National Labor Relations Board, concluded that the men’s basketball student-athletes for Dartmouth College are employees for purposes of the...more

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NLRB Regional Director Determines Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees

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In a much-anticipated decision issued on Monday, February 5, 2024, Region 01 of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) decided that the players on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team qualify as employees...more

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From Pay-to-Play to Paid-to-Play: How U.S. Laws Affect the Dynamics of Player Compensation: Flaster Greenberg

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The issue of player compensation has permeated the women’s soccer global landscape since the beginning. As of late, the issue of equal pay has been top of mind since the USWNT achieved the settlement in 2022. The focus of...more

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QB Lamar Jackson relies on – then defies – union authority

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Who can negotiate on his behalf? Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is one of the most skilled and exciting players in the National Football League. In 2019, he threw for 36 touchdowns and ran for seven more on his...more

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Could Leagues and Teams be Joint Employers Before the NLRB?

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to change the standard for determining if two employers may be joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

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Intellectual Property Rights in the Crosshairs as Lawsuits Involving Disney and Facebook Surface

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- What will the “Endgame” be for the lawsuit between Walt Disney Company and former Marvel comic book creators? In the spring of this year, a host of famed artists and illustrators of Marvel characters such as Iron Man,...more

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BREAKING: General Counsel Abruzzo Announces that College Athletes Are Employees

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Yesterday, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a very significant memorandum on the status of college athletes as “employees” under the National Labor Relations Act. Statutory Rights of Players at Academic Institutions...more

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This Week at the Ninth: Sports, Drugs, and Pensions

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This week, we take a look at two Ninth Circuit decisions concerning the employer-employee relationship.  In the first, the Court let the lawsuit against the NFL for its negligent handling of drug distribution to its injured...more

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The NLRB Throws a Flag on NCAA Division I Football and Explains Some Rules to Colleges and Universities

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In an official memorandum entitled “General Counsel’s Report on the Statutory Rights of University Faculty and Students in the Unfair Labor Practice Context,” the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Richard...more

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NLRB Punts on College Athlete Unions

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On August 17, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board issued the long awaited decision in the Northwestern University football union case. 362 NLRB No. 167 (8/17/2015). In a rare display of unanimity, the five members of...more

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