Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

by JSEL | November 27, 2020 | Commentary, Interviews, Updates | 0 Comments

Loren Cheri Shokes received her J.D. from Harvard Law School (2017), her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles (2013), and is the author of Life After Death: How to Protect Artists’ Post-Mortem Rights, 9 Harv. J. Sports & Ent. L. 27...

by JSEL | November 16, 2020 | Interviews | 0 Comments

On Thursday, October 29th, 2020, JSEL sat down with a legendary practitioner in the entertainment industry — Bruce Tobey, head of the Entertainment and Media Practice at O’Melveny and Myers.  Mr. Tobey is a highly regarded entertainment transactions lawyer with more...

by JSEL | October 29, 2020 | Highlight | 0 Comments

For the third time this year, the NBA and NBPA have extended the deadline for either side to opt-out and give 45-day notice to terminate the CBA. This time, the deadline has been pushed to October 30. The current CBA was established in 2016 and was set to run seven...

by JSEL | October 17, 2020 | Highlight | 0 Comments

If you love it, put a ring on it. Like engagements, the closing of a deal is often cause for celebration and joy. Last November, LVMH cinched a deal to acquire Tiffany & Co. for an eye-watering $16.6 billion. Quite an expensive engagement indeed, the largest ever...

by JSEL | October 17, 2020 | Highlight | 0 Comments

A new player has entered the sports acquisition industry, and a familiar face is involved Billy Beane’s new project seems to be the antithesis to his infamous “Moneyball” scheme. Private-equity firm RedBird Capital Partners, with whom Beane is now partnering, has not...

by alexblutman | October 10, 2020 | Highlight | 0 Comments

The NFL caught its first COVID outbreak of the young season after the Tennessee Titans confirmed eight positive test results among players and other personnel. The Titans immediately halted in-person activities, as did the Minnesota Vikings, the Titans’ previous...

by alexblutman | September 11, 2020 | Highlight | 0 Comments

College sports are in a state of upheaval. Recent legal outcomes and legislative maneuvers have continued to upset the control of the NCAA as pandemic-induced turmoil has thrown competition schedules completely out of whack. The state of college sports is in flux, and...

by alexblutman | September 3, 2020 | Highlight | 0 Comments

College sports are in a state of upheaval. Recent legal outcomes and legislative maneuvers have continued to upset the control of the NCAA as pandemic-induced turmoil has thrown competition schedules completely out of whack. The state of college sports is in flux, and...

by JSEL | August 31, 2020 | Updates | 0 Comments

The Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law has published its 2020 Special Issue on Name, Image, and Likeness. Visit the Special Issue – NIL page to read the latest exciting scholarship on group licensing, sports regulatory schema, college athletes as...