Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
The play-in round of the NCAA Tournament is scheduled to tip off tonight. Brackets are filled out and fans are waiting to see if their upset picks are going to run the table. Seemingly each year a mid-major exceeds expectations and plays deep into the tournament. Often times the coaches for these schools become hot prospects, as […]
The Law of March Madness The NCAA Tournament tipped off this afternoon. At the same time, office pools across the country began. Dan Schwartz, publisher of the Connecticut Employment Law Blog, discusses the legality of the ubiquitous March Madness pool: I’ve discussed office pools and such in detail in a previous post, but the short […]
Trademark issues associated with major sports events are in season. Fresh off of the short-lived controversy concerning the Saints rallying cry of ‘Who Dat?’ Geoffrey Rapp over at Sports Law Blog brings us “March Trademark Infringement Madness.” In his discussion of the NCAA’s defense of the ‘March Madness’ mark, Rapp shared an interesting piece of […]
