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

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.

Temple Law Hosts Symposium: Contract in Crisis

Professor Jonathan Lipson and Interim Dean Rachel Rebouché hosted a workshop for contributions to Contract in Crisis, an upcoming special issue of Duke University’s LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS. Workshop topics included doctrinal solutions to addressing the concurrence of COVID-19 and income inequality, as well as the benefits of using private ordering solutions in times of public crisis in lieu of public regulation.

President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Will Increase Compliance Obligations on the Private Sector

Companies providing information technology products and services to U.S. government agencies are now required to notify such agencies of cyber incidents and meet specific cybersecurity standards.

Denying Black Musicians Their Royalties Has a History Emerging Out of Slavery

Professors Olufunmilayo Arewa of Temple Beasley School of Law, and Matt Stahl of Western University examine racialized contracting and accounting in the recording industry. Their work traces the origins of industry-wide discriminatory practices back to the days when African American slaves were systematically oppressed, controlled, and denied their rights of ownership to any form of property, be it tangible or intangible.

New York Court of Appeals Holds No Bankruptcy Preemption of Lender Tort Claims Against Related Third Parties

The State of New York Court of Appeals has held that claims against non-debtor related parties, based on their actions to aid or induce Chapter 11 debtors to breach contractual loan covenants, were not subject to preemption under federal bankruptcy law.

Court Addresses Arbitration Provision in Connection With Post-Petition Debtor Contracts

In Woodbridge Wind-Down Entity v. Monsoon Blockchain Storage, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”) addressed the enforceability of an arbitration provision in connection with a post-petition contract entered into by the debtors and a non-debtor counterparty. The Court first concluded that Paragraph 22(B) did provide for the arbitration of disputes under the APA. However, the Court then found that the Addendum represented the parties’ actual intent and that its language controlled. In light of the Addendum’s unambiguous language, the Court concluded that the parties did not agree to arbitrate claims under the APA.