10-Q Summer/New Job Advice – Summer 2024 Update [PART 1]

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May 29, 2024
For the last several years, at the end of the school year, the faculty editors of The Temple 10-Q have offered tips for those starting new jobs (here and here), chiefly for rising 3Ls taking summer jobs but, we believe, good for anyone embarking on a new career as a lawyer. Times have changed—we’ve lived (barely) through COVID—but the need for sage advice has not. Thus, we present an updated version of our random advice for those who are about to be employed, in two parts. This week, we talk about the work; next week, we will talk about socializing.

Should Student-Athletes Be Considered Employees? An Answer Will Come Soon in Johnson v. NCAA

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May 28, 2024
Victor Ficarra, a third-year law student at Temple Law, examines the road to Johnson v. NCAA and how the 3rd Circuit may rule on this appeal. He explores how the NCAA has fared in recent federal court cases and what other decisions may implicate the 3rd Circuit’s decision

10Q&A Episode 18: An Interview with Matt Devine, Business Law and a Love for Entrepreneurship

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This week on the Temple 10-Q&A podcast, Editors Abena Ampofo (LAW ’25) and Victor Ficarra (LAW ’24) sat down with Matthew Devine (LAW ’16). Matt is an attorney with Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC and an adjunct professor here at the Temple University Beasley School of Law where he teaches Lawyering for Entrepreneurship. On this episode, Matt talks about growing up in

The Highway to NIL Podcast on the Future of “Name, Image, Likeness” in College Sports

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April 22, 2024
Granting student-athletes Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights has transformed college sports, but players and institutions alike now seek consistency amid varying NCAA policies and state laws. Last year’s Senate hearing on Name, Image, and Likeness, and the Future of College Sports covered issues of compliance, student-athlete contracts, and employment law while also looking at unique topics like Title IX compliance in relation to NIL donor collectives. On Troutman Pepper’s Highway to NIL podcast, Temple alum Patrick Zancolli and colleagues discuss recent NIL developments in college sports and predictions for what will unfold in the rest of 2024.

Third Circuit Holds Tax Court’s 90-Day Petition Deadline is Not Jurisdictional

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April 10, 2024
In Culp v. Commissioner, the Third Circuit held that § 6213(a)’s 90-day period for filing a Tax Court petition to redetermine a deficiency is not jurisdictional and is subject to equitable tolling. Relaxing strict compliance with the draconian filing rule would allow taxpayers to have their day in court even if they fail to meet the 90-day deadline.