By Professor Paul Anderson, Director, Sports Law Program and National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School Since Idaho passed its Fairness in Women’s Sports Act in 2020, 33 states have introduced over 100 bills restricting transgender participation in...
By Robert Freeman, Proskauer Whether foreseeable or ironic, the impassioned words (or F-bombs) of a dejected junior varsity cheerleader recently brought a rather important First Amendment question before the Supreme Court. That is, whether a public school can lawfully...
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer In 2016, high school football players attended a summer camp at a university campus. They stayed in a dormitory and received on-field instruction. The university had a concurrent high school cheerleading camp, and those...
By Gil Fried, University of West Florida Joelle Chung and her brothers J.N.C. and J.D.C., and their teammates A.H.B. and A.A.B., brought an action against the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) under the Free Exercise Clause and Equal Protection...
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Utah Jazz fans in state court in Utah against the Utah Jazz and NBA star Russell Westbrook, which alleged that the Jazz and Westbrook defamed the plaintiffs when they publicly branded them racists, after the...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s ruling dismissing a high school coach’s free speech claim, which was made as he sought to continue his practice of kneeling down and praying at the 50-yard-line after his team’s football games. The...
By Courtney Dunn, of Ansell Grimm & Aaron P.C., Brandi Levy may have graduated from Mahanoy Area High School and retired her pompoms for good, but her fight against her alma mater is far from the finish line. Instant Replay When Levy found out that she would not...
By Courtney Dunn, of Segal McCambridge In B.L. v. Mahanoy Area School District, the United State Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit previously held that B.L. a sophomore at Mahanoy Area High School, was protected by the First Amendment when she made a Snapchat...
By Tori Harrison, of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP In October 2017, Washington State University football player Zaire Webb was arrested – but never charged – for shoplifting several items, including home drug testing kits, from a Walmart in...
By Jeffrey N. Rosenthal & David J. Oberly Facial recognition technology has rapidly transformed—and enhanced—the consumer experience across numerous industries. This includes travel, hospitality, retail, and healthcare, to name a few. Notably, facial...
By Courtney E. Dunn and Kristin Hopkins The sophomore year of high school has a lot riding on it. So when B.L., a student at Mahanoy Area High School (MAHS), did not make the varsity cheer team after already serving her time on the junior varsity team as a...
By John T. Wendt, Professor Emeritus, Ethics and Business Law, University of St. Thomas How far can someone go in criticizing a coach before crossing the line? Can a public high school coach successfully sue parents for allegedly making defamatory statements...
