By Michael A. Ross, MS On September 20, 2020, multiple Division I athletic directors signed a pledge to diversify the hiring pools within their respective programs. This pledge is designed to further promote quality existing platforms such as the Rooney Rule...
By Michael Folger, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates (Editor’s Note: The following article appeared in Esports and the Law, a publication produced by Hackney Publications.) All sports leagues have been facing unprecedented...
By Elizabeth McGinn, Ryan Pollard, and Anthony Carral The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted all aspects of the global economy, and sports is among the many industries that moved quickly to minimize the disruption. Very early on, members of the sports...
By Dana Stone, Penn Law 3L With traditional sports leagues suspended, the esports and video game industry is having a moment. Notwithstanding the economic downturn, the video game industry has seen an increase in revenue during the pandemic as many fans embrace...
By Connor J. Whelan In August of 2014, the Jackie Robinson West Little League team, made up entirely of African-American players from Chicago, won the Little League World Series. In February of 2015, the team was stripped of their title due to residency...
By Andrew Quinn, Georgetown Law 3L In the past few months, Epic Games, Inc., the creator of the massively popular video game Fortnite, sought dismissal of two separate suits against it for allegedly copying dance moves and incorporating them into “emotes.”...
By Fiona Steele, J.D. Candidate, Kacie Kergides of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP and Kimberly L. Sachs of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP Employers take note—in Pennsylvania, the 180-day statute of limitations for whistleblower...
By John E. Tyrrell and Kelly Woy Earlier this summer, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey issued an insurance coverage opinion which, quite appropriately, involved a dome covering over a baseball field. Healthquest of Cent. Jersey,...
Leron E. Rogers (partner) and John T. Rose (associate) have joined the Entertainment & Sports Law Department of Fox Rothschild LLP in Atlanta. The men were previously attorneys at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. “Leron and John’s collective...
A new study of NCAA football players has found that the age they first started playing tackle football may not affect their recovery after a concussion. The study is published in the online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology....
