Career Spotlights

Career Spotlight – Jeff Dorso, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Sacramento Kings

Name, Position, and Location Jeff Dorso Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Sacramento Kings Sacramento, California   Current Practice Areas/Industries I am responsible for all legal issues for the Sacramento Kings and its affiliates. This includes the Sacramento Kings, the Golden 1 Center, our G-League Team in Stockton, our e-sports team, our hotel, retail, and […]

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Understanding the NFL’s Removal of the La’el Collins Suit to Federal Court

By: Eli Nachmany Dallas Cowboys right tackle La’el Collins has filed suit against the National Football League (NFL), challenging part of his five-game suspension for failing to cooperate with league drug testing protocols. Various articles get into the back-and-forth between Collins and the NFL on the suspension, including Collins’s allegation that the NFL misled an

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Dawn of the Dead: Virtual Avatars & New York’s Right of Publicity

By: Dhruva Krishna   I. Virtual Avatars: Lazarus to Luke Skywalker, Deepfakes to Dystopia Virtual avatars are digital recreations of an individual or their performance. Entertainers now regularly appear in all forms of media as virtual avatars–in video games, as holograms, and as younger versions of themselves in film. COVID-19 has increased the prominence of

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Our Special Issue Fall 2021: NCAA v. Alston is Now Online

The Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law has published its 2021 Special Issue on NCAA v. Alston. Visit the Special Issue – Alston page to read the latest exciting scholarship on the implications for professional sports leagues, the interplay of antitrust and labor in the decision, what the future may hold for college sports,

Career Spotlights

Career Spotlight – Jason Cohen, General Counsel, Dallas Cowboys

Jason Cohen is the General Counsel for the Dallas Cowboys. Jason’s vast legal practice, which touches the Cowboys’ team, business, brand, and everything in between, gives him valuable insight into many areas of sports law. I reached out to Jason to talk about his professional journey and advice for law students. Name and Position: Jason

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The NIL Era Has Arrived: What the Coming of July 1 Means for the NCAA

From September 2019—when California became the first state to pass a name, image, and likeness (NIL) law—until now, the intercollegiate athletic community has fielded a deluge of new enacted and proposed regulations from states, Congress, the NCAA, and now individual institutions. As the proverbial NIL floor was shifting, there was one thing on everyone’s minds:

Interviews

Interview with Patrick Ragen, Associate at Ziffren Brittenham

JSEL recently sat down with Patrick Ragen, an Associate at Ziffren Brittenham in Los Angeles, which specializes in negotiating, structuring, and executing transactions in the entertainment and media industries. Patrick is an attorney in the firm’s film and television group, representing writers, actors, athletes, directors, producers, production companies, and rights holders in the film, television,

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NCAA v. Alston at the Supreme Court

March 31, 2021 marked an important moment in the history of college sports. The Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case involving the NCAA for the first time in nearly 40 years. This article provides a comprehensive summary of that argument. What is Alston and how did we get here? The question at issue

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Legal Implications of NFTs in Sports

This post is one article in a two-part series on NFTs. This article covers in depth the legal implications of the proliferation of NFTs. Read our other installment to learn more about how NFTs work and where they’re leaving a mark in the arts, entertainment, and sports industries.  If you’ve logged on to any social

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