Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

by JSEL | January 17, 2022 | Updates | 0 Comments

By Eli Nachmany and Jon Hartley Like millions of other football fans in America, we were on the edges of our seats for most of Sunday’s Week 18 action in the National Football League, which featured several scenarios by which on-the-bubble teams could secure the last...

by JSEL | December 2, 2021 | Career Spotlights, Interviews | 0 Comments

JSEL Entertainment Content Chair Amanda Bello recently interviewed Professor Douglas Hand about recent legal updates in the fashion industry as well as his new casebook, The Business and Law of Fashion. Mr. Hand is one of the pre-eminent fashion lawyers in the...

by Eli Nachmany | November 9, 2021 | Highlight | 0 Comments

In addition to voting in state and local elections last week, New Jerseyans passed judgment on a ballot question concerning betting on college sporting events in the state. The question read: “Do you approve amending the Constitution to permit wagering through casinos...

by JSEL | November 4, 2021 | Career Spotlights | 0 Comments

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...

by JSEL | October 10, 2021 | Highlight | 0 Comments

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...

by JSEL | September 29, 2021 | Commentary | 0 Comments

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...

by JSEL | August 30, 2021 | Updates | 0 Comments

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...

by JSEL | July 12, 2021 | Career Spotlights | 0 Comments

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...

by Jada Allender | July 1, 2021 | Highlight | 0 Comments

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...

by JSEL | May 8, 2021 | Interviews | 0 Comments

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...