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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Oct
4
2014
Ninth Circuit Finds Permanent Injunction Questionable Despite Trademark Infringement, La Quinta Worldwide LLC v. Q.R.T.M., S.A. De C.V., dba Quinta Real McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
12
2013
Ninth Circuit Fumbles The Ball In Videogame Likeness Cases Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
10
2014
Ninth Circuit Hearing on California Resale Royalties Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
1
2015
Ninth Circuit Holds NCAA Subject To Antitrust Scrutiny, But Vacates Injunction Allowing Up To $5,000 Per Year Deferred Compensation To College Athletes Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
27
2015
Ninth Circuit Holds That NCAA’s Amateurism Rules Violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
14
2023
Ninth Circuit Limits Attorneys’ Fees in Class Action Settlements Robinson & Cole LLP
May
8
2011
Ninth Circuit No Friend to Winklevoss Twins: Facebook Settlement Stands McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
17
2020
Ninth Circuit Opens Door for Students to Receive Additional Benefits for Playing Sports, Finds NCAA Rules Violation of Antitrust Laws MoginRubin
Sep
22
2022
Ninth Circuit Provides Clarity on the Scope of Receiverships McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
6
2017
Ninth Circuit Rejects VPPA Claims of Roku Channel User, Declining to Adopt Broad Definition of PII Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
10
2022
Ninth Circuit Reverses Ruling in Copyright Infringement Case Involving Photographs of Picasso’s Artworks Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jul
31
2020
Ninth Circuit Revives Ashley Judd’s Sexual Harassment Claim Against Harvey Weinstein Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
4
2019
Ninth Circuit Says Local Rule 90-Day Deadline to File Class Certification Motion Incompatible With Federal Rule 23 Carlton Fields
Jun
13
2023
Ninth Circuit Says Music in the Workplace Can Form Basis for Harassment Claim Under Title VII Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
16
2015
Ninth Circuit Says Think Twice Before Sending That Takedown Notice Under DMCA: Be Sure You Have a Good Faith Belief It’s Not Fair Use Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Mar
25
2020
Ninth Circuit Shows Led Zeppelin a Whole Lotta Love in ‘Stairway’ Copyright Win McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
15
2015
Ninth Circuit “Twists” Things Up for IP Protection in Yoga Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
9
2020
Ninth Circuit: Under the “Asserted Truth Doctrine” (f/k/a “Copyright Estoppel”) Authors of Nonfiction Cannot Later Claim a Work is Fictional to Pursue a Copyright Case Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
31
2020
NJ Gov. Murphy and State Director of Emergency Management Clarify Permissible Operations for Certain Businesses Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
24
2021
NJDEP Further Extends Site Remediation Timeframes – UPDATE Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Oct
25
2018
NLRB Avoids Question Of Whether UFC Fighters Are Union Eligible Employees…For Now!!!! Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
24
2015
NLRB Calls Audible — No Union for Northwestern Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
18
2015
NLRB Calls Out Punt Team and Declines Jurisdiction Over Northwestern University Football Players Mintz
Aug
18
2015
NLRB Declines to Exercise Jurisdiction Over Student-Athletes’ Attempt to Unionize – For Now Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
24
2017
NLRB Finds Sports Team’s Electronic-Content Workers As Employees Eligible To Unionize Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
25
2023
NLRB GC Files Complaint Alleging USC’s Football and Basketball Players are Employees Robinson & Cole LLP
Sep
29
2021
NLRB General Counsel Announces Intent to Treat Some College Athletes as Employees Miller Canfield
Feb
7
2017
NLRB General Counsel Asserts that College Football Players Are “Employees" Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
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
 

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