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    Three Strikes, You’re Out: Congress has MLB’s Unprecedented Sherman Antitrust Exemption on an 0-2 Count

    April 17, 2024By Peter Dourvetakis

      The Sherman Antitrust exemption for Major League Baseball (MLB) was born over 100 years ago. Over the years, Congress has passed some legislation that allows the players to sue the league under federal antitrust law. However, as it stands today, Major League Baseball still enjoys the exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act, which allows […]

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    The Odds are Against You: The Seminole’s Battle to Launch Legal Sports Betting in Florida

    November 10, 2023By Michael Del Duca

      If you have watched any professional sporting events on television recently, you are well aware that the market for sports gambling is flourishing. Whether it is by DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, or a plethora of other sportsbooks, customers across the country are being encouraged to put their hard-earned money on the line to support their […]

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    Racing Responsibly: How the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act Puts the Health and Safety of Racehorses First

    October 20, 2023By Alexander Gonzalez-Brito

      In 2021, for the first time ever, Congress prioritized the health and safety of racehorses through its enactment of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (“Act”), which standardized anti-doping and safety regulations for racehorses across the nation.[i] This Act launched the Anti-Doping Medication Control Program, which aims to establish a national system for drug […]

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    “Just A Part of the Game”… or Negligence?

    November 9, 2022By Max Stein

    The National Football League (“N.F.L.”) has been around for over one hundred years, and fans worldwide have watched their favorite football players win, lose, and get injured. On September 29, 2022, the Miami Dolphins quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, suffered a major head injury while being sacked in the second quarter.[i] Although injuries are inevitable in the […]

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