On February 11 at 12:30 p.m. via Zoom, Elon Law’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society will host a panel with Jeffrey T. Jones and Danielle Hardy.

Jones is an Entertainment Lawyer with 25 years of experience and a former NFL Agent. He practices in Greensboro, North Carolina. Danielle Hardy is an Elon Law Alum and Counsel at Universal Music Group. Hardy’s career includes work with Spotify and Viacom. She is the founder of Pursuing the Esquire, a mentoring program for law students and pre-law students.

Please see flyer below for more information.

Members of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section (“SEL”) found the following recent third-party articles to be of potential interest to Section members. Feel free to reach out to the Communications Co-chairs (Kelly Ryan and Jourdan Williams) if you would like to submit either personally written pieces or other third-party articles that would be of interest to SEL members.

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Members of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section (“SEL”) found the following recent third-party articles to be of potential interest to Section members. Feel free to reach out to the Communications Co-chairs (Kelly Ryan and Jourdan Williams) if you would like to submit either personally written pieces or other third-party articles that would be of interest to SEL members.

1. NFL Sunday Ticket TV Case Denied Supreme Court Review
2. Emily Ratajkowski Says Instagram Post is Fair Use in “Extortion” Copyright Case
3. Sports court opens 4-day hearing in Russian doping case
4. North Carolina Left Behind As Tennessee Debuts Sports Betting
5. What Ban In 9 Days? TikTok Inks a Massive Licensing Agreement With Sony Music
6. U.S. Copyright Office Releases New Resource On The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
7. Facial Recognition at Sports Venues: Enhancing the Gameday Experience While Minimizing Liability
8. Game, set, match: Sometimes the photo is the story
9. Beyonce partners with Peloton
10. Truman Capote Charity Suing Paramount Over ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Rights
11. In Twitch’s Fight With the Music Industry, Streamers Are Paying The Price
12. Judge Dismisses Donald Trump’s Libel Suit Against CNN
13. Internet Service Provider (ISP) Cox Communications Found Liable to the Tune of $1 Billion For Allowing Users to Illegally Share Music Files on Peer-to-Peer Networks
14. How The Change In Us Administration May Affect The Sports Industry
15. Is a Tattoo Protected by Copyright? Is it Infringed if it Appears in a Computer Game?

Join us for a fun night of sports- and entertainment-themed trivia!

Date and Time | Wednesday, November 18 | 7 to 8 p.m.

Location | Zoom (video only) | The Zoom link will be sent to those who RSVP two days before the event.

RSVP here.

Questions? Email Julianne Dambro.

Senator Cory Booker will be joining Duke Law’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society for a Zoom conversation on NCAA reform on Friday, October 2, from 12:30-1:45 p.m. Opening remarks will be provided by Duke Professor Paul Haagen, and the conversation will be hosted by students of Duke’s Future of College Sports Initiative. The conversation will focus on Senator Booker’s recent College Athlete Bill of Rights proposal, his thoughts on race and sports, and the role of public figures of minority backgrounds. Senator Booker, a former All-American football player at Stanford, is a leading policymaker on NCAA reform.

If interested in virtually attending this free event, click here to register.

In the coming year, the Future of College Sports Initiative here at Duke will continue to focus on legal, policy, and business issues facing college sports reform by hosting regular virtual conversations on Zoom.