Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Advised creator and management company on revisions to production agreement for reality television series and drafted production agreement covering issues including content approval rights, revenue sharing, and executive producer credits.
Assisted online streaming series producer in preparation of participant agreements, releases and licenses.
Advised venue on issues relating to ticketing agreements and state bonding requirements.
Assisted sports recovery product company in negotiation and drafting of content license agreement with multichannel video program distributor.
Successfully challenged the National Women’s Soccer League’s minimum age rule in U.S. District Court as an illegal boycott in violation of federal antitrust law on behalf of 15-year-old professional soccer player Olivia Moultrie. Trial team obtained a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction in this landmark case, prohibiting the NWSL and its teams from boycotting Moultrie due to her age. Achievements also included securing favorable rulings on significant questions arising out of federal antitrust and labor law, including that the NWSL and its teams did not constitute a “single entity” for antitrust purposes and that Moultrie’s claim was not precluded by federal labor statutes and did not interfere with ongoing collective bargaining between the NWSL and the NWSL Players Association. Case culminated in the negotiation of a settlement ensuring Moultrie’s right to continue playing in the NWSL, subject to the provisions of any final collective bargaining agreement.
Represented, prepared and coordinated with NIL collective in group licensing deal with 400 student-athlete and major sports apparel brands.
Represented school district with respect to parent’s due process complaint asserting that the school district committed substantive and procedural violations of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Advised schools, school districts, and education service districts on a wide variety of early childhood special education and special education matters including implementing IEPs; considerations with respect to evaluation, eligibility, and placement; recovery services and compensatory education; McKinney-Vento Act eligibility and intersection with IDEA; and other topics.