SEL Section Articles of Interest (April 2020)

Sports & Entertainment Law Section

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

The Legal Complications of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Postponement

New York Sports Clubs Sued for Still Charging Gym Fees for More Than 600,000 Members Despite Coronavirus Closure

Fair Winds to Copyright Holders: States Have Sovereign Immunity from Infringement Suits

NBA May Reduce Players’ Salaries Due to COVID-19 Shutdown

#UnitedAsOne Campaign: NCAA and Its Member Schools Create Resource for COVID-19 Information, Updates

A Season in Flux Due to COVID-19: Major League Baseball Players and Owners Reach Agreement on Player Service-Time and Salary Terms.

‘Boys Are Boys and Girls Are Girls’: Idaho Is First State to Bar Some Transgender Athletes

Zion Williamson Suffers Setback in Lawsuit Against Former Representative

Law firm behind U.S. Soccer’s filing that USWNT didn’t have same skill and responsibility as the men asks to withdraw from case

Man vs. Machine: Schwarzenegger Files Right of Publicity Suit Against Robot Builder

FIFA issues guidelines on dealing with COVID-19 related regulatory issues

Are Gift Cards the War Bonds of the COVID-19 Era? Maybe So, but Issuers Still Need to Consider the Consumer Protection Laws