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09/03/2026

Public sector labor law has a way of sharpening you quickly.

When you represent municipalities, police departments and other public employers, arbitration is rarely neat. Facts shift. Witnesses change. Issues develop in real time. There is often very little room to be anything other than prepared.

That is part of what makes the work so valuable.

You learn how to examine witnesses, build a record, react under pressure and make decisions without the comfort of a perfectly controlled environment.

In a lot of ways, it is trial by ambush.

And if you can learn to operate well there, you become a better litigator everywhere else too.

09/02/2026

For years, the NCAA controlled the rules, the money and the leverage.

Coaches made millions. Boosters built influence. Conferences and schools generated billions. And the players were told where the line was and what they were allowed to earn.

Now the courts are forcing that system to reckon with what it created.

So the question is not whether college athletics is changing. It already has.

The bigger question is whether the courts are simply correcting years of imbalance, or whether they are now swinging the pendulum too far in the other direction.

That is where this gets interesting.

08/26/2026

The saga continues.

College football’s eligibility rules are being challenged from every direction lawsuits, conference policies, NFL roster situations, and now the possibility of federal legislation reshaping the entire landscape.

Players are arguing for additional eligibility. Some are trying to return to college after time with NFL teams. Conferences are deciding how they want to handle those situations. And the NCAA is looking to Congress for broader antitrust protection.

At this point, the question is no longer just who gets a fifth year.

It’s who actually gets to decide.

The NCAA? The conferences? The courts? Congress?

College sports continues to move faster than the rules governing it.

And this one is far from over.

I break down the legal issues, the timing problem facing these players, what the SEC and Big Ten could do next, and why the NCAA’s push for congressional action matters.

08/26/2026

Signing a non-compete doesn’t mean you suddenly lose the right to take your own documents when you leave a company.

But there’s an important distinction between your documents and the company’s documents.

Things like personal employment records, agreements you signed, compensation information, or documents you’re legally entitled to keep are very different from taking confidential files, customer lists, internal strategy, proprietary information, or other company property on your way out the door.

And that distinction matters.

A non-compete, confidentiality agreement, and ownership of company information are separate legal issues. Taking documents you weren’t entitled to take can create problems regardless of whether the non-compete itself is enforceable.

Before leaving a company, know what belongs to you, what belongs to them, and what your agreements actually say.

08/20/2026

NFL players going back to college?

It sounds crazy, but it’s a pretty good snapshot of where college sports are right now.

Courts continue to issue injunctions challenging NCAA eligibility rules, and in one of the latest cases, players who have already reached the NFL could potentially regain college eligibility.

This is what happens when the market moves faster than the rules.

Players have more leverage. NIL has changed the economics. Eligibility restrictions are being challenged in court. And every new ruling creates another question the existing system wasn’t built to answer.

I don’t think the long-term solution is going to come from case-by-case injunctions.

Eventually, college sports may need something much closer to a true collectively bargained system that clearly establishes the rules for eligibility, compensation and player movement.

Until then, expect more litigation.

08/20/2026

The Lakers are being sold again. But this time, the fight isn’t just about who’s buying them.

It’s happening inside the Buss family.

Five of Jeanie Buss’ siblings reportedly want to sell the family’s remaining 17.8% stake in the Lakers as part of the $12.5 billion deal involving Josh Kushner and Bob Iger.

Jeanie is fighting it.

And her argument raises a fascinating legal question.

A 2017 court order involving the Buss family trust was designed, in part, to preserve Jeanie’s position as the Lakers’ controlling owner. Her attorney now argues that selling the family’s remaining stake without the required trustee approval could violate the trust and the obligations that came with that order.

Her siblings say they’re moving forward anyway.

So, can Jeanie Buss actually block the sale?

I break down the legal fight, the family dynamics and what could determine who ultimately controls one of the most valuable franchises in sports.

08/17/2026

College sports have never been better.

I joined John Cimperman and Tim O’Shei on *Skin in the Game* to talk about the rapidly changing business of sports, including NIL, the transfer portal, athlete mobility and where the power really sits today.

My view is pretty simple: if coaches have always been able to leave for better opportunities, players should have that same freedom.

The marketplace has changed. That does not mean the product is worse.

We also got into the NFLPA, why labor dynamics in football are different from other professional sports, and why Major League Baseball could be heading toward another major labor fight.

A great conversation about money, leverage and the people fighting for their share of the sports industry.

Full episode of *Who Really Has the Power in Sports?* is available now on BTPM NPR, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.

08/15/2026

The legal fight between Jayden Daniels and LSU is a little more complicated than a dispute over a jersey number.

After LSU gave Daniels’ former No. 5 to cornerback DJ Pickett, Daniels’ representatives sent the university a cease-and-desist demanding that LSU stop using his name, image and likeness.

So the real legal question isn’t whether Jayden Daniels “owns” No. 5.

It’s whether LSU still has the right to use Jayden Daniels.

In this video, I break down the dispute, the NIL implications, and whether Daniels may actually have a case against his former school.

What do you think?

08/14/2026

Jon Gruden’s lawsuit against the NFL continues to raise questions about what happens when litigation strategy collides with court-imposed deadlines.

A judge recently criticized Gruden’s legal team for what was described as a “lack of compliance with the rules.” The bigger question: is this simply part of a contentious legal process, or is delay becoming part of the strategy?

I break down what’s happening and why procedure matters just as much as the underlying claims.

08/12/2026

After 25 years practicing law, one thing I’ve learned is that emotion is almost always part of the job.

Clients come to us when something matters deeply to them. A dispute, a career issue, a business problem, a lawsuit. Expecting them to remove emotion from the equation entirely isn’t realistic.

I don’t think a lawyer’s job is to dismiss that emotion. It’s to understand it, empathize with it, and then help the client make decisions based on strategy and objectivity rather than reaction.

That balance is a big part of practicing law.

For the lawyers out there: how much of our job do you think is actually managing emotion?

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