Fox Entertainment & Sports Law attorneys represent:

• The Atlantic Coast Conference in a wide range of matters, including:
  • Complex litigation, including antitrust, commercial, and tort as well as class actions and/or multidistrict litigation regarding well-publicized issues such as limitations on student-athlete scholarships, conference realignment, name-image-likeness matters, and concussion claims.
  • Corporate/transactional matters, including general business guidance, governance, risk management guidance and contracts including media, venue, and event agreements.
  • NCAA regulations
  • Intellectual property, including trademark registrations, renewals, licenses and protection
  • Employment law, including matters involving business/commercial issues, independent contractor and right to control issues, EEOC claims, and litigation.
  • Non-profit law
  • Tax law
  • Real estate
• Athletic conferences and individual universities in various corporate and litigation matters
• Collegiate conference commissioners, an athletic director, and multiple college and professional coaches on employment contract issues, including non-compete covenants and termination clauses
• Professional football and baseball players and wrestlers on a variety of contract matters, professional grievances, and tort litigation.
• Professional and amateur sports organizations in football, baseball, and soccer in matters ranging from general corporate transactions and daily business operations to tort cases and IP/trademark litigation.
• The local organizer of a PGA Tour event, providing general business guidance, advice on contracts, including numerous agreements with the PGA Tour, local venue, volunteer organizers, vendors and sponsors, and risk management guidance.
• National Governing Bodies on antitrust review, internal corporate investigations and commercial litigation
• The Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, in a deal with partypoker.com to become the first major U.S. professional sports teams to execute an online gaming sponsorship.
• The City of Philadelphia and its economic development authority in connection with the expansion of the city’s sports complex, handling coordination with the state government, financing, leasing, environmental matters, insurance and all other aspects of the development. Served as lead attorney in the land assemblage and lease negotiations, which resulted in the development of Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field, and the respective occupancy by the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Eagles.
• Bid teams from London; Paris and Limerick, Ireland in negotiating the necessary contracts and licensing agreements to bring Gay Games X to Paris in 2018.