Entertainment & Sports Law

International Edition

NFL Tackles New Markets with Baker McKenzie

By Alex D'Elia | February 29, 2024

The National Football League is continuing its global push with first-ever regular season games in Spain and South America, quarterbacked by lawyers in the Baker McKenzie network.

3 minute read

International Edition

The Cross-Border Lawyers Who Helped Launch the New Pro Women's Hockey League

By Gail J. Cohen | February 15, 2024

Former Boston Red Sox General Counsel Jen Flynn and Chris Burkett, former head of legal for Deloitte Canada, are now key figures guiding the new Professional Women's Hockey League.

4 minute read
International Edition

Opening of Brazil's Gambling Market Brings Lawyers Tons of Work

By Amy Guthrie | February 9, 2024

Work has "exploded" for lawyers who advise gambling companies and their suppliers since a sports betting law was enacted in December.

4 minute read

International Edition

Cravath Leader Acts Alongside Top Firms on $500M Hasbro Deal

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | August 7, 2023

Mayer Brown and several Canadian firms acted opposite a Cravath team that included two lawyers on secondment from the firm's referral friends Slaughter and May and Bredin Prat.

3 minute read
International Edition

The 2024 Paris Olympics Are One Year Out. The Lawyers Are Getting Ready

By Anne Bagamery | July 26, 2023

The Summer Olympic Games open in the City of Light one year from today and lawyers, like the athletes who will compete, need to be prepared.

9 minute read
International Edition

Meet the Lawyers Behind the Blockbuster Messi Deal

By Alexander Lugo | July 17, 2023

Hogan Lovells represented Inter Miami, Skadden represented the global soccer superstar, and Proskauer Rose represented Major League Soccer.

2 minute read
International Edition

Clifford Chance, Latham Help Launch 6-Club US Football Tour

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | May 18, 2023

The tour, to be held this summer, will include major clubs such as Arsenal, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Juventus.

2 minute read
International Edition

Hengeler and Covington Quarterback NFL's Germany Debut

By James Carstensen | November 24, 2022

The well-heeled league has hosted games in London for some years now, as it attempt to garner broader international appeal.

2 minute read
International Edition

Qatar Will Make Billions From the World Cup. Which Law Firms Could Benefit?

By Krishnan Nair | November 18, 2022

DLA Piper, Dentons, K&L Gates, Eversheds Sutherland and others have already taken on World-Cup related work, according to a Law.com International analysis.

7 minute read
International Edition

Wimbledon Fan Sues Kyrgios for 'Drunk' Rant, Turns to Ryan Beckwith's Lawyers

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | August 24, 2022

Following a rant by the tennis star that was broadcast on live television, the Wimbledon final audience member said she and her family suffered "very substantial damage and distress".

2 minute read
New York Law Journal

These Cross-Border Lawyers Helped Give Rise to the New Pro Women's Hockey League

By Lisa Shuchman | February 20, 2024

A number of New York lawyers advised on the business and consulting side of the launch of the Professional Women's Hockey Player Association.

4 minute read
The Recorder

'Romeo and Juliet' Actors Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting Sue Paramount Over Digitally Enhanced Nude Photos

By Riley Brennan | February 16, 2024

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

5 minute read
International Edition

The Cross-Border Lawyers Who Helped Launch the New Pro Women's Hockey League

By Gail J. Cohen | February 15, 2024

Former Boston Red Sox General Counsel Jen Flynn and Chris Burkett, former head of legal for Deloitte Canada, are now key figures guiding the new Professional Women's Hockey League.

4 minute read
The Recorder

L.A. Firm, Attorney Subject of Malpractice, Breach of Fiduciary Duty Suit for 'King Fury 2' Movie

By Marianna Wharry | February 14, 2024

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts.

3 minute read
New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Judge Denies Admission of Defendant's Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Jam Master Jay Murder Case

By ALM Staff | February 12, 2024

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.

2 minute read
The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Hogan Lovells and Wachtell Land Big Sports Deals

By Patrick Smith | February 5, 2024

Professional and college sports were center stage this past week for lawyers.

7 minute read
New York Law Journal

Paul Gauguin (1848—1903): Revolutionary Painter Entangled in the Law

By David Lenefsky | February 5, 2024

A discussion of the life of Paul Gauguin, who's last ten years, the author writes, were " a frenzied mixture of serious illness, financial hardship, painting and related artistic work, writing, political agitation—and legal problems."

6 minute read
The Recorder

Members of Band Sublime Filed Suit Against Their Former Firm King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano

By Riley Brennan | January 31, 2024

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar.

4 minute read
Daily Business Review

Florida State Takes Aim at Former ACC Commissioner John Swofford in Amended Lawsuit Against League

By Mark Long | Associated Press | January 30, 2024

The ACC says the Seminoles broke promises when they legally challenged an agreement that binds the school to the league for the next dozen years.

3 minute read
Law.com

Keeping Track of Developments in Cases That Pit Creative Content Against AI Programs

By Stan Soocher | January 26, 2024

2024 starts off with court decisions and procedural rulings that took shape in 2023 in lawsuits that were filed over the collision of creative content with generative AI programs. Most of the complaints allege copyright infringement and related claims prompted by the unlicensed copyright works that AI companies input into their AI programs.

8 minute read

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