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Can the Law Really Accommodate NFTs?

The notion of possessing something online that is truly unique is where most people think the value of NFTs is - but this is a misconception. The real value comes in being able to prove ownership of the original from which everything else was derived.
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Corporate Counsel

After NCAA Legal Setbacks, 'Pay to Play' No Longer Far-Fetched

"I don't want to call myself an advocate for pay to play. I just think it is inevitable," said Joseph Schafer, an attorney in Lippes Mathias' Sports, Entertainment and Hospitality Team
6 minute read

The Recorder

Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Federal Prosecutors Go on Offense Against Former Professional Athletes Defrauding Their Own Welfare Funds

The recent NBA scheme is not the first prosecution of former professional athletes defrauding the funds designed to care for them, nor will they be the last. But, at least in California, payers have a powerful remedy to reduce and recover their losses and deter future fraud.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

World's Largest Record Company Creating NFT Super Group

Universal Music Group NV is combining two hot digital concepts that you've likely read about in the past year: nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Dismisses RICO Claims Against Harvey Weinstein, David Boies and Lisa Bloom—Again

The 2019 lawsuit alleges a racketeering conspiracy between Harvey Weinstein and lawyers David Boies and Lisa Bloom, who both had Weinstein as a client.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Over It: Fulton Jury Finds for ATL R&B Label LVRN in Suit Seeking Share of Company, Profits

Lawyers for the successful record label, whose artists roster includes platinum-selling R&B star Summer Walker, said they will probably ask for attorney fees after the defendants abandoned their claims for a 12.5% ownership share of the label as the trial neared its end.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Tiger King's Carole Baskin Sues Netflix For Depicting Her as 'The Villain,' Seeks to Block Season 2 Footage

This lawsuit was surfaced on Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

A Civil Lawsuit Will Likely Target Production Company, Alec Baldwin and the Other Producers of "Rust"

This situation is notable because it involves Baldwin, but when a forklift driver dies at the Amazon warehouse, little attention is paid to that. So, we need to rethink the safety of workers in all workplace environments.
11 minute read

Daily Report Online

As NCAA Athletes Seek to Profit From New Endorsement Rules, Am Law 200 Firms Are Ready to Help

Student-athletes can now use lawyers to navigate deals for their name, image and likeness, giving Am Law 200 sports and entertainment practices a new revenue stream.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Hunton Helps Non-Profit Roller Derby Squad Hip-Check Cleveland Baseball Team Over 'Guardians' Name

A Parma, Ohio-based co-ed, amateur roller derby team has used the Cleveland Guardians name since 2013. After the Major League Baseball team previously known as the Indians announced plans to take on the name, Hunton Andrews Kurth litigators in Boston and D.C. filed a trademark suit Wednesday on behalf of the roller derby team.
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