television

Commentary

States Can Use Advertising and Consumer Protection Law to Avoid Rolling the Dice with Online Sports Betting

By: Brandon McCoy             Prior to Super Bowl Sunday, one of the most popular gambling days of the year, Massachusetts opened sportsbooks in its three brick-and-mortar casinos: Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield, and Plainridge Park Casino. The state joined 32 others and the District of Columbia in offering sports betting, either online or in person. […]

Sponsor Articles, Updates

Proskauer – Three Point Shot Newsletter

To read this article as originally published on Proskauer’s website, click here. December 2021 Welcome to Three Point Shot, a newsletter brought to you by the Sports Law Group at Proskauer. Three Point Shot brings you the latest in sports law-related news and provides you with links to related materials. Your feedback, thoughts and comments on the content

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,

Highlight

2019 Harvard Sports Law Symposium Scheduled for Monday, April 1, 2019

For Immediate Release: 2019 Harvard Sports Law Symposium Scheduled for Monday, April 1, 2019. On April 1, the Harvard Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law and the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law are hosting the 2019 Harvard Sports Law Symposium. An annual event, the Symposium is intended to bring together sports industry–focused practitioners,

Highlight

No Joke: Court Dismisses Conan’s Affirmative Defense in Joke Theft Lawsuit

On Thursday, Judge Janis Sammartino of the Southern District of California rejected the affirmative defenses advanced by Conan O’Brien in a long-running joke theft lawsuit. The suit centers on four jokes that O’Brien told on his show Conanin 2015, which were allegedly stolen from the Twitter account of plaintiff Robert Kaseberg, a former comedy writer for

Highlight

A House of Horrors: AHS House at Center of Lawsuit

The Rosenheim mansion in Country Club Park, the location of the first season of American Horror Story, is now at the center of a lawsuit. The plaintiffs, Ernest Von Schwartz and Pier A. Oaken, purchased the house from Von Steinbauer in 2015 for $3.2 million.  They are suing Steinbauer’s estate as well as the Coldwell

Highlight

U.S. v AT&T/Time Warner: The Antitrust Trial of the Century

On Monday, March 19th, the U.S. Department of Justice faced off against Time Warner and AT&T in what is called the Antitrust Trial of the century. With the rise of direct-to-streaming companies such as Netflix and Amazon, Hollywood has seen aggressive content consolidation, such as Disney’s proposed purchase of 21st Century Fox. The Hollywood Reporter has reported that the outcome

Scroll to Top