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Paving The Way In Women’s Sport With Commonwealth Boxing Champion, Stacey Copeland (Podcast)

From AI-driven phishing toolkits and hidden WordPress vulnerabilities to the operational realities of cyber incident response, this collection examines how organizations navigate evolving digital threats...

United States Media & IT

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Antitrust And Hockey: Competition Law Lessons That Apply Beyond The Ice

The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway. For an antitrust lawyer and hockey fan, it is a fitting moment to take stock of professional hockey’s rich antitrust history.

United States Anti-trust

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Bona Law PC

2026 Esports Legal Primer: Who Controls The Games And What Does It Mean For Stakeholders? (Video)

Evolving from a niche hobby into a global industry generating over $1.8 billion in annual revenue, with professional leagues, franchise systems, and tournaments in every major market, esports is routinely described as the “next major sport.” That framing is convenient, but legally wrong.

United States Media & IT

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Gamma Law

First CSC NIL Arbitration Upholds Enforcement Authority

In a much-anticipated decision, on May 11, a neutral arbitrator upheld the College Sports Commission's (CSC)...

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Care To Predict What Happens? Kentucky’s New Prediction Markets Tax

United States Strategy

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FBT Gibbons

Prediction Markets: Emerging Compliance Considerations For Companies And In-House Counsel

United States Media & IT

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Ballard Spahr LLP

House Plaintiffs Move To Exempt Multimedia Rights NIL Deals From Clearinghouse Review

United States Litigation

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

State AG News: Sports Betting, Credit Agencies, Grocery Stores (April 23-29, 2026)

United States Government

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Crowell & Moring LLP

State And Federal Regulators Face Off Over Prediction Markets

United States Media & IT

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Steptoe LLP

Doubling Down: CFTC Sues New York And Files Amicus In Massachusetts In Support Of Prediction Markets

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Operational Planning For Hospitality Businesses In FIFA ’26 Host Cities

United States Commercial

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Rethinking Deal Structures In The Creator Economy

United States Commercial

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Is LIV Golf Headed For A Financial Mulligan? US Bankruptcy Law Considerations If Saudi Arabia's Funding Is Pulled

United States Insolvency

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Jones Walker

Brand Protection Tips For Businesses During The FIFA World Cup 2026

United States IP

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

The Cannabis Industry’s “Big Tobacco” Moment: What Insurers Need To Know About Murray v. Cresco

United States Cannabis

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Betting On Trouble: Insider Trading Arrests And The Senate’s Prediction Market Ban

United States Finance

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Technological Revolution Heralds A New Dawn For Financial Markets

United States Finance

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A&O Shearman

F1's Gulf Cancellations: The Legal Issues That Matter More Than Force Majeure

The recent announcement that Formula 1 has cancelled both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix - reducing the 2026 season to 22 races and leaving a five-week gap...

Worldwide Media & IT

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Ep. 1: How Culture Heats Up (Podcast)

What’s culture like in the NBA? In this episode of Legends of Culture, Jared sits down with Michael McCullough, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Miami HEAT...

United States Media & IT

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

President Trump Issues Second Executive Order To "Save College Sports”

On April 3, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Urgent National Action to Save College Sports” (Order), which addresses several issues impacting intercollegiate athletics today.

United States Government

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Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC

The Data Stream – Episode 8 With Janine Anthony Bowen (Podcast)

The Data Stream podcast dives deep into the fast-moving currents of data, technology, and the law. Presented by BakerHostetler’s Digital...

United States Technology

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BakerHostetler

Uniformity Or Uncertainty? The College Sports Commission’s Effort To Implement University Participation Standards

United States Media & IT

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BakerHostetler

Third Circuit Affirms Kalshi’s Preliminary Injunction

United States Media & IT

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Full Court Press: New Executive Order Targets College Athletics Spending On Multiple Fronts

United States Media & IT

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Jenner & Block

Federal Appeals Court: CFTC Jurisdiction Over Sports Event Contracts Likely Exclusive

United States Media & IT

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Holland & Knight

NCAA’s Closing Of Transfer Loophole Hits Schools And Coaches Hard

United States Media & IT

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

President Trump’s New Executive Order On College Sports: What It Says, What It Means, And What Comes Next

United States Media & IT

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Sports Showdown In Dallas: Texas Business Court Referees Redemption Dispute Between The Mavericks And Stars

United States Commercial

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Home Team Act—Proposed Federal Legislation Targeting Professional Sports Team Relocations

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Urgent National Action To Save College Sports (Trump EO Tracker)

United States Government

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Double Coverage: CFTC, Exchanges Signal New Era Of Oversight For Sports Prediction Markets

United States Media & IT

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Sports Showdown In Dallas: Texas Business Court Referees Redemption Dispute Between The Mavericks And Stars

A recent decision from the Texas Business Court (First Division) provides guidance on nonwaiver clauses and the importance of defined terms in contract interpretation under Texas law.

United States Commercial

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Home Team Act—Proposed Federal Legislation Targeting Professional Sports Team Relocations

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) have jointly introduced the Home Team Act, a proposed bill that would essentially federalize Ohio’s Art Modell Law and impose a series of conditions...

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Urgent National Action To Save College Sports (Trump EO Tracker)

Strengthens the “Saving College Sports” Executive Order from July 2025 by establishing a federal framework to stabilize college athletics...

United States Government

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Double Coverage: CFTC, Exchanges Signal New Era Of Oversight For Sports Prediction Markets

The past two weeks have brought an avalanche of news related to a maturing framework of prediction markets oversight from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...

United States Media & IT

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McDermott Will & Schulte

College Sports’ New Legal Risks: Prediction Markets And NIL Fraud

United States Media & IT

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WilmerHale

Nationwide Betting Platform Kalshi Temporarily Banned From Taking Bets In Nevada

On March 20, 2026, a Carson City District Judge granted the Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) a 14‑day temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting KalshiEx LLC (Kalshi) from taking bets in Nevada, with a preliminary injunction hearing set for April 3, 2026.

United States Media & IT

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

NCAA Sues DraftKings Over Use Of MARCH MADNESS Trademarks

Just as the NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Basketball tournaments were getting underway, the NCAA itself entered its own competition – suing sports betting company DraftKings for its use of NCAA-protected trademarks MARCH MADNESS, FINAL FOUR, SWEET SIXTEEN, and others.

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Name, Image, And Likeness (NIL) Compliance Alert For Higher Education: Deal Rejections Mount As State Resistance Grows

Institutional partners are under the microscope. The College Sports Commission (CSC) is struggling to process the volume of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals submitted through NIL Go — and rejecting more than a few.

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

CFTC Takes Additional Steps Toward Prediction Market Regulation: What You Need To Know

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took formal steps toward establishing additional regulations for prediction markets.

United States Finance

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Crowell & Moring LLP

CFTC Seeks Public Input On Prediction Markets Regulation

United States Finance

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WilmerHale

Play Ball: The CFTC And MLB Strike A Historic Deal To Protect Prediction Markets

United States Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Ad Law News and Views - February 2026

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

L’explosion des Prediction Markets aux États-Unis : Pourquoi l’Europe ne peut plus traiter ce marché comme une curiosité

United States Commercial

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AlixPartners

March Madness, NIL, And Ambush Marketing: What Brands Should Include In Their Deals With Collegiate Basketball Stars

United States Media & IT

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Fennemore

Stakeholder Opportunity: College-Athlete NIL And Compensation On Lawmakers' Radar

United States Media & IT

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Podcast - Inside the Growing World of Rodeo

United States Media & IT

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Holland & Knight

March Madness In The Law: How Legal Upheaval Is Rewriting College Sports

United States Media & IT

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Steptoe LLP

Youth Sports Media Company To Pay $1.10 Million Fine In CPPA Enforcement Action

United States Media & IT

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WilmerHale

CFTC Issues Guidance And Advanced Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking Relating To Prediction Markets

United States Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFTC Issues Request For Comment And Staff Advisory On Prediction Markets

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

CFTC Issues Parallel Actions On Prediction Markets — Key Takeaways For Designated Contract Markets

United States Finance

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Milbank LLP

Talking Sports Law: A Conversation With Marissa Meli, Green Bay Packers Associate General Counsel (Podcast)

United States Media & IT

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K&L Gates LLP

Washington Department Of Revenue Announces Temporary Penalty Relief For Businesses Affected By October 2025 Sales Tax Expansion

United States Tax

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

California Privacy Protection Agency Issues First Decision Involving Violation Of CCPA And Minor Students

United States Privacy

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

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Royalty Income Payments Won't Solve The International Student Athlete Employment Issue

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Green and Spiegel

House V. NCAA Settlement Creates Potential Crisis For International Athletes

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Green and Spiegel

Punctuation In The Harmonized Tariff Schedule Of The United States

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

LSU's Last-Tear Poa Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Immigration Services

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

What Can International Athletes Do To Earn An Income While Playing For Their Schools?

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

College Athletes' Status As Employees Puts Student Visas At Risk

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Urgency Builds To Address How Employee Model Affects International Athletes

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

NLRB Rules Dartmouth Basketball Players Employees

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

International Student Athletes Still Restricted From NIL Deals

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

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Student Athletes Or Employees? The Constantly Changing State Of Play (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Backdating, Bar Mitzvahs, And The Namibian Getaway: The Comverse Scandal Unraveled (Podcast)

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Wiley Rein

Ways To Maximize Subrogation Recoveries In Q4: Settling Fast & Closing Strong (Podcast)

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Cozen O'Connor

Littler Lounge: From Sports Brackets To Benchmarks – Navigating The Legal Side Of Workplace Contests And Incentives (Podcast)

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NIL Contracts Are Getting Smarter And Riskier: Legal Moves Every Athlete Should Make (Video)

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