WRESTLING WITH THE SEC: WWE’S DISGRACED CHAIRMAN RETURNS TO POWER AND FACILITATES SALE TO ENDEAVOR »
By: Mai Rubin
World Wrestling Entertainment (“WWE”) and its creative team are once again under the control of Vince McMahon, majority shareholder …
World Ranking Decision Looms Over LIV Golf »
By: Tom Kopstein
LIV Golf is an upstart Saudi-backed golf tour that rivals the PGA Tour. In 2022, LIV successfully …
ANTITRUST SUIT SEEKS TO BLOCK MERGER OF TWO PUBLISHING GIANTS »
By: Cassie Lewis
August 22 marked the end of the explosive three-week trial between the Department of Justice and two publishing giants attempting …
Student or Athlete?: A Look at the NCAA’s Plan to Compensate Athletes for the use of their NIL »
By: Daniel Keiser
The issue of how college athletes will be compensated beyond the traditional “cost-of-attendance” scholarships has come into clearer focus in …
Agency-Affiliated Production Companies: A Re-telling of a 1960s Hollywood Classic? »
By: Brandon Drea
Since April 2019, the Writers Guild and the Association of Talent Agencies (ATA), have been in a standoff surrounding the …
Antitrust Claim for Sunday Ticket Against the NFL and DirecTV »
By: Grant Welbourn
The NFL and DirecTV filed a writ for certiorari on February 10th after the 9th Circuit found that the exclusive rights between …
Growing ‘Trust Issues a Concern for U.S. Soccer, FIFA? »
By: Brandon Wurl
The United States Soccer Federation (“U.S. Soccer or USSF”) is no stranger to antitrust lawsuits. In 2017, the North American …
A Hard Sell: Proving Collusion in Major League Baseball »
By: Cameron Miller
“Bottom line, the players are upset…they are uniting in a way not seen since 1994.”
Collusion or Caution: What is Really Behind MLB’s Slow Free Agent Market? »
By: John Zubek
While Spring Training is beginning in Arizona and Florida, many talented MLB players are still without contracts. …
NCAA Internationalization: Antitrust Perspectives »
By: Cameron Miller
In remarks made to the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics on October 30, NCAA President Mark Emmert …
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