Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

06/17/2018

Volume 9-2 is live!

Volume 9-2 is now live! This JSEL volume includes: “ but : Olympic Hashtag Restrictions Raise Concerns Over Trademark Rights and Free Speech” by John Grady…

02/14/2018

JSEL Volume 9, Number 1 is now online!

JSEL Volume 9, Number 1 (Full Version PDF) ARTICLES Changing the Game: Remedying the Deficiencies of Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption in the Minor Leagues Theodore McDowell Life After Death: H…

02/12/2018

Check out JSEL Highlights to stay up to date on industry news and events in sports and entertainment- all articles are written by HLS students:

In May 2016, a class of former college athletes sued FanDuel and DraftKings, alleging that the sites wrongfully profited from their likenesses. Relying on Indiana’s right of publicity statute, the former college athletes argued that FanDuel and DraftKings violated their right to control the commer...

05/16/2017

JSEL is proud to announce the publication of its second Special Issue affiliated with the Harvard Football Players Health Study. The report, entitled, "Comparing Health-Related Policies and Practices in Sports: The NFL and Other Professional Sports Leagues, was written by experts at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.

The Special Issue may be found here: http://harvardjsel.com/may-2017-special-issue/

For national media coverage, see:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/harvard-study-suggests-some-nfl-health-and-safety-changes/2017/05/15/02b1c678-397c-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html?utm_term=.10d24ba62947

and:
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/05/15/nfl-harvard-study-player-health-safety-nine-recommendations

May 2017, Special Issue (Full Version PDF) Comparing Health Related Policies and Practices in Sports: The NFL and Other Professional Leagues

01/27/2017

JSEL is proud to announce that Volume 8-1 is now published!! We have fantastic articles about instant replay in sports, street performers' right to free speech and expression, collegiate athletic conferences' grant of rights, and valuing a celebrity's right of publicity!! Read the full edition here: http://harvardjsel.com/volume-8-1/

JSEL Volume 8, Number 1 (Full Version PDF) ARTICLES Standards of Review in Law and Sports: How Instant Replay’s Asymmetric Burdens Subvert Accuracy and Justice Steve P. Calandrillo and Joseph Davis…

12/19/2016

JSEL recently sat down with Horacio Gutierrez, Spotify's General Counsel, for an in depth discussion about his life, career, and what it means to be the top legal advisor for the world's largest music streaming company

http://harvardjsel.com/2016/12/interview-with-spotify-general-counsel-horacio-gutierrez/

The Journal on Sports and Entertainment Law recently sat down with attorney Horacio Gutierrez, General Counsel of Spotify, to discuss current issues in music streaming law. As Spotify’s top lawyer…

11/17/2016

JSEL is proud to announce the publication of its first Special Issue, comprised of a report associated with the Harvard Football Players Health Study, an going project examining the well-being of NFL players. The study, titled “Protecting and Promoting the Health of NFL Players: Legal and Ethical Analysis and Recommendations," concludes that NFL Team Doctors have a conflict of interest in their duties to the team and to the players themselves. The study was authored by members of Harvard's Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. The following members of JSEL's staff also contributed to the study: Scott Sherman, Elisa Hevia, Laura Trumbull, and Jennifer Mindrum.

JSEL's special issue can be accessed at: http://harvardjsel.com/november-2016-special-issue/

News coverage by the Washington Post can be found at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/nfl-doctors-should-not-report-to-teams-harvard-study-recommends/2016/11/17/fc3a4e42-ac35-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html

More information on the Harvard Football Players Health Study can be found at: https://footballplayershealth.harvard.edu/

Expansive report urges a radical overhaul of the league’s medical practices.

11/02/2016

JSEL's latest interview with Rachel Barnett, the General Counsel of travel company Travelzoo, has been uploaded to haravrdjsel.com

http://harvardjsel.com/2016/11/interview-with-rachel-barnett-general-counsel-of-travelzoo/

The Journal on Sports and Entertainment Law recently sat down with attorney Rachel Barnett, General Counsel of Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO), a global Internet media company and trusted publisher o…

10/03/2016

The newest JSEL Interview with Louise Firestone, the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc., has now been posted on harvardjsel.com!

http://harvardjsel.com/2016/10/interview-with-louise-firestone-senior-vice-president-and-general-counsel-at-lvmh-moet-hennessy-louis-vuitton-inc/

The Journal on Sports and Entertainment Law recently sat down with attorney Louise Firestone, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc., to discuss c…

09/26/2016

Check out our latest interview on harvardjsel.com with Josh Berman, the co-creator and show runner of the new hit TV show
http://harvardjsel.com/2016/09/interview-with-josh-berman-co-creator-and-show-runner-of-the-new-hit-tv-show-notorious/

The Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law recently sat down with Josh Berman, the co-creator and show runner of the new ABC show Notorious, to discuss current issues in entertainment law. …

09/22/2016

Attorney Josh Berman's new show Notorious premiers TONIGHT on ABC. Tune in to the pilot episode and check out the new interview in the coming days on HarvardJSEL.com

09/13/2016

Ever wondered if Cinna's dress designs for "the Girl on Fire" could be protected by laws outside of Panem? If you're interested in fictional fashion and whether it could be given real-world legal protection, you have to check out our newest topic on harvardjsel.com.

http://harvardjsel.com/2016/09/is-real-world-protection-available-for-fictional-fashions/

By Douglas Hand, Jr. and Marc S. Reiner[1] I. Introduction Englishman Charles Frederick Worth is credited as the father of the modern fashion industry in the nineteenth century.[2] Th…