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SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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Overview

TCB’s sports and entertainment practice represents a wide range of clients in matters relating to professional and amateur sports, including individual teams, sports facilities, athletic associations, athletes, and sponsors. The firm also represents artists and entertainment industry professionals, including creators, rights holders, licensors, individual talent, and iconic celebrities. We understand the nuances of sports and entertainment disputes, particularly the enhanced publicity those disputes may create. In that respect, we have partnered with marketing and public relations firms to manage the media side of such disputes when necessary.

We have a substantial background in representing professional athletes – including baseball players, football players, soccer players, and Olympic athletes – in negotiating, reviewing, and preparing endorsement and licensing agreements, as well as their player contracts. We have attorneys with certified player agent licenses from the MLBPA and NFLPA, as well as appropriate state licenses. As sports law and entertainment law continue to merge into one broader industry, TCB offers its litigation expertise to clients who are in this dynamic and constantly evolving profession. We understand the way the industry works and closely collaborate across practice groups to offer integrated and comprehensive advice.

Results

Notable Cases

Don King Productions, Inc. v. Shane Mosley
We represented boxer Sugar Shane Mosely in a case brought by Don King Productions to stop a pay-per-view boxing match. After defeating an emergency motion for preliminary injunction, we obtained a dismissal of the entire case against our client.
Feld Entertainment. and Ringling Brothers v. Robert Ritchie, p/k/a Kid Rock.
The Ringling Brothers entities sued Kid Rock after he named his song and tour “The Greatest Show on Earth.” We defended against claims for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and unfair competition. After our attorneys defeated Feld’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, the case settled favorably for our client.
Terry Bollea, p/k/a Hulk Hogan v. Gawker
After a three-week trial, a jury returned a verdict of $140.1 million in favor of our client Terry Bollea, professionally known as Hulk Hogan, against the media giant Gawker. Our lawyers handled jury selection, opening statements, closing arguments, and the examinations of all key witnesses.
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Don King Productions, Inc. v. Shane Mosley
We represented boxer Sugar Shane Mosely in a case brought by Don King Productions to stop a pay-per-view boxing match. After defeating an emergency motion for preliminary injunction, we obtained a dismissal of the entire case against our client.
Feld Entertainment. and Ringling Brothers v. Robert Ritchie, p/k/a Kid Rock.
The Ringling Brothers entities sued Kid Rock after he named his song and tour “The Greatest Show on Earth.” We defended against claims for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and unfair competition. After our attorneys defeated Feld’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, the case settled favorably for our client.
Terry Bollea, p/k/a Hulk Hogan v. Gawker
After a three-week trial, a jury returned a verdict of $140.1 million in favor of our client Terry Bollea, professionally known as Hulk Hogan, against the media giant Gawker. Our lawyers handled jury selection, opening statements, closing arguments, and the examinations of all key witnesses.

Experience

Sports & Entertainment

  • Athlete representations
  • Media rights representations
  • Sponsorship transactions
  • Strategic joint ventures
  • Arbitrations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other Olympic movement international and U.S. governing bodies
  • Arbitrations arising pursuant to dispute resolution provisions in professional sports contracts
  • Litigation of sports disputes in U.S. federal and state courts
  • Antitrust representation
  • Collective bargaining and other labor matters
  • Crisis management
  • Intellectual property and licensing

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