Entertainment, Art & Sports

The National Law Review is a free no-login resource for legal articles on entertainment law, art law and sports law. Included in our commentary are various gaming and gambling laws throughout the United States, including issues that intersect with Native American and Tribal law.  Updates on gaming regulations across jurisdictions, as well as legislation as new states and municipalities, legalize gaming are all covered by the legal experts who write for the National Law Review. 

Additionally, the National Law Review covers the employment issues that can come up in workplaces with sports and gaming, including the legality of fantasy sports particularly in the workplace.  Other issues with fantasy sports, in terms of their legality across a variety of jurisdictions, are also broken down by legal experts as they arise.  Furthermore, litigation surrounding gaming, fantasy sports, video games, including intellectual property and trademark litigation, is also covered. 

We also examine sports law as it relates to professional sports such as equal pay for men's and women's teams, and governance of international sporting bodies such as the English Premier League, the Football Association, and Fédération Internationale de Football Association ("FIFA").  Issues surrounding major sports stories can sometimes feature a surprising legal twist,  such as Ambush Marketing at the 2018 World Cup, or judging at the Olympics, and coverage of NFL protests and the impact on player’s constitutional rights.

Our commentary also includes the effect that labor law has on student-athletes and college sports, and updated regulations in the NCAA, and how it might impact favorite teams.  The issue of unpaid students athletes and litigation surrounding that issue was extensively documented by the writers at the National Law Review.

We also cover the intersectionality between entertainment law and intellectual property law, such as trademark of goods and services, music and movie copyright infringement, and broadcasting rights.  Additionally, the National Law Review has legal analysis pertaining to artists' rights and litigation involving those issues.

For hourly updates on the latest in arts, sports, & entertainment legal news, legislation, regulation & compliance, litigation, and more, be sure to follow the National Law Review Twitter feed and sign up for complimentary e-news bulletins.

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Feb
2
2017
NLRB General Counsel Concludes Division I Scholarship Football Players are Employees under Labor Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
30
2021
NLRB General Counsel Sends Strong Message That Many Scholarship Athletes are "Employees" Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
May
23
2023
NLRB Issues Complaint for Athlete Misclassification against NCAA, Pac-12, and USC Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
25
2024
NLRB Official Fouls Dartmouth, Holds Non-Scholarship Student-Athletes Are Employees Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
17
2015
NLRB Punts In Northwestern University Football Case, Declines To Decide Whether Scholarship Athletes at Private Universities Can Join A Union Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
19
2015
NLRB Punts Northwestern Election Case Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
3
2020
NLRB Redefines “Solicitation,” Broadening Conduct that may be Considered Unprotected Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
20
2023
NLRB Refashions Independent Contractor Test Vedder Price
Feb
9
2024
NLRB Regional Director Rules Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees, Setting Up Potential Landmark Board Case Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
24
2019
NLRB Reverses Precedent to Permit Property Owners to Prohibit Off-Duty Access for Section 7 Activity Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jul
19
2017
NLRB Rolls Snake Eyes Before D.C. Circuit Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
18
2015
NLRB Sacks Northwestern Student Athletes Union Effort-Punts on Real Issue Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Aug
21
2020
NLRB Strips Employer of Dancers’ Independent Contractor Status Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Nov
6
2014
NLRB Student-Athlete Decision Could Be Issued Soon Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
14
2016
NLRB Tackles University Social Media Policy in Advice Memorandum Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
1
2012
NLRB Throws Cold Water on Mandatory Arbitration Provisions Prohibiting Class Actions in Employment Agreements Much Shelist, P.C.
Aug
18
2015
NLRB Unanimously Declines Jurisdiction Over Northwestern University Football Player Union Petition Holland & Hart LLP
Oct
28
2021
NLRB, Labor Laws and the Impact on NCAA Athletes Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
25
2023
NLRB, Labor Laws and the Impact on NCAA Athletes [PODCAST] Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
20
2015
NLRB’s Decision Roadblocks Union Effort – What’s Next for Student-Athletes? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
1
2021
NLRB’s General Counsel Uses Prosecutorial Authority to Assert Student-Athletes Are Employees Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
30
2015
No Clear Notice, No Contempt: U.S. Polo Ass’n v. PRL USA Holdings - Trademark Litigation McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
30
2017
No Common Law “Public Performance Right” for Broadcast of Pre-1972 Recordings McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
4
2012
No Compulsory License for Internet Streaming McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
23
2023
NO COPYRIGHT FOR YOU: AI Artwork Without Human Involvement Is Not Eligible for Copyright Troutman Amin, LLP
Jul
30
2015
No Copyright in Individual Contributions to a Film McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
29
2023
No Copyright Protection for Works Created Solely by AI, DC Federal District Court Holds ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
21
2020
No Coverage for Telemarketing Litigation Under Commercial Umbrella Policies Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
2
2013
No Double Take in Sunglasses Spat Re: Infringement of Multiple U.S. Patents McDermott Will & Emery
May
19
2023
No Extra Life: Harmless Claim Construction Error Does Not Restart Invalidity Challenge McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
8
2023
No First Amendment Right to Confuse Consumers, High Court Holds Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
13
2016
No Going Back – Rejection of Promotion Offer Not a Failure to Mitigate Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
25
2023
No Laughing Matter: Comedian Sarah Silverman Sues Meta Platforms and OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
16
2013
No Longer a Belieber Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
6
2023
No Matter How Big You Are, Always Clear Your Trademarks Norris McLaughlin P.A.
 

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