Under NCAA Bylaw 12.3, any student-athlete currently participating or who may be eligible to participate in intercollegiate sports may not agree to be represented by an athlete agent.
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The Lanham Act and Why Studios Are Right in Being Cautious
In her article, Recommendations for Studios: Increasing Good will and Revenue via Fan Conventions, Tiffany Lee argues that American movie studios should follow the Japanese method of merchandising and be…
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When Tweets Get Real- Applying Traditional Contract Law Theories to the World of Social Media
Back in November 2010, rapper Ryan Leslie announced that his personal laptop had been stolen out of his Mercedes. Leslie “tweeted” what appeared to be an offer of a million dollar…
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Speaking in Tweets and Other Social Media- Should Some Written Communication Be Considered Oral Communication?
The increasingly prevalent use of social media raises new questions related to contract formation. In her article Kristen Chiger gives examples of many classic contract cases and principles that the…
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Recommendations for Studios- Increasing Good Will and Revenue via Fan Conventions
While the TV and film industry have been experiencing less revenue from DVD and box office sales since illegal file sharing came into prominence, one way to recoup these losses is…
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Potential Civil Liability of “Gatorade Baths”
It is a strange sports tradition: if a team is victorious in a particularly important game, the winning players will inevitably dump a cooler filled with Gatorade (or water) over…
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Call to the Bullpen- How the 2012 MLB Draft Shows Why the NCAA Must Make
Major League Baseball (“MLB”) revised its amateur draft rules in 2012, which had a significant effect on how much of a signing bonus MLB teams could offer their draftees. Accordingly,…