New sports law scholarship -- Pt. 1

I'm finally getting caught up with recently published scholarship, and since it's been a while since I've posted these updates, I'm breaking up the list into parts over the next few days:Tara M. Allport, Comment, This is hardcore: why the court should have granted a writ of mandamus compelling mandatory condom use to decrease transmission of HIV and ST
Posted on Sports Law Blog on May 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM

Law Ratchet Debuts: Like Google Reader for Legal News

With Google Reader set to shut down on July 1, many of us have been scrambling to find a substitute way to keep up with news and blogs. Yesterday, a new aggregation tool was launched, Law Ratchet, designed to enable legal professionals to keep up with the top legal and business news, analysis and commentary. [...]
Posted on Media Law on May 22, 2013 at 9:15 AM

Hart v. Electronic Arts: First Amendment Does Not Trump the Right of Publicity

In adopting and applying the transformative use test for balancing the First Amendment against the right of publicity, yesterday the Third Circuit ruled in Hart v. Electronic Arts that the First Amendment does NOT trump the players' right of publicity in the context of video game use of their likenesses.  The court's 
Posted on Sports Law Blog on May 22, 2013 at 7:33 AM

Word Frequency and Its Meaning

David Brooks discusses whether the frequency of words as revealed in the printed book means anything at all (here, in the New York Times). Read one of the articles he discusses in his NYT piece here. Try searching the Google...
Posted on Media Law Prof Blog on May 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM

CBS Pulls Final Season "Mike and Molly" Episode From Schedule, Shows Repeat

In order to be responsive to the tragedy in Moore, Oklahoma, CBS pulled the final episode of the season of Mike & Molly, due to air Monday night, in which a tornado hits Chicago. Instead, the network aired a repeat...
Posted on Media Law Prof Blog on May 21, 2013 at 3:11 PM

Warren Zola article in Boston Globe Magazine

Warren Zola has an outstanding and provocative piece in this past Sunday's Boston Globe Magazine arguing that college athletes should be paid.  Be sure to check it out.
Posted on Sports Law Blog on May 20, 2013 at 2:49 PM

FCC Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn Releases Statement To Staff

STATEMENT FROM FCC ACTING CHAIRWOMAN MIGNON CLYBURN TO STAFF ?By now you may have heard, that President Obama has asked me to serve as Acting Chair of the FCC, pending the confirmation of Tom Wheeler. I wish to express my...
Posted on Media Law Prof Blog on May 20, 2013 at 2:02 PM

Do LinkedIn Endorsements Violate Legal Ethics?

An update from LinkedIn this morning indicated that a connection of mine had endorsed me as being skilled in litigation. The person who endorsed me is someone I know only through the Internet. We have never met or spoken, that I can recall. That means that the person has no first-hand knowledge of my skill [...]
Posted on Media Law on May 20, 2013 at 10:19 AM

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