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The Marijuana Insurgency: Federalism And Social Reframing In Policy Reform, Matthew P. Cavedon

Seattle University Law Review

After fifty years of federal prohibition, marijuana reform efforts have won political and legal success. These victories hold lessons for anyone seeking to resist federal law without being able to directly affect it.

Victory can come from reframing an issue. For marijuana reform, social reframing—not formal legal analysis or material factors—provides the best explanation for how advocates achieved change. Their unconventional political tactics, akin to those used by insurgents in wartime, undercut federal prohibition by winning hearts and minds.

This is an analysis of the sociology of legal change. It is also the story of how ordinary Americans retook personal …

A Roadmap To Nil And Taxation, Doron Narotzki, Yariv Brauner

UF Law Faculty Publications

The landscape of college sports has dramatically changed in recent years. What was once considered a place for amateur athletes pursuing education now partially mirrors, at least for some student-athletes, the structure and financial dynamics of professional leagues such as the NFL, NBA, and MLB. However, the collegiate sports ecosystem still remains distinct, shaped by unique regulatory frameworks governed by the NCAA. This article reviews and analyses the implications of these changes, and focuses on the tax considerations surrounding Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights and how the evolving nature of college sports also presents certain tax implications, some of …

Are Collective Joint Employers Of College Athletes? Empirical Analysis Of Nil Deals And School Policies, Michael H. Leroy

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Marquette Sports Law Review

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Possession And Control: Everyone Wants It, But No One Knows How To Get It, Peyton Phillips

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Let Them Play: A Discussion Of Allowing United States Service Academy Graduates To Play Professional Sports, John M. Michalak

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The Big Ten's Legal Duties And Risks: Protecting College Athletes Through The Voluntary Undertaking Doctrine In A Changing Landscape, Jeffrey F. Levine, Christian D. Hanna, Tiara Porterfield

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Nil Necessitates Shared Medical Decision Making For College Athletes, Kathleen M. Boozang

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Would Jackie Robinson Play Baseball Today? How Baseball Owners Conspire To Restrain Trade And Foster Unequal Opportunities For Player Development, Stephen F. Ross

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Masthead

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Commercial Baseball Scouting Services: Broadcast Usage Fair Or Foul?, Ryan S. Monsevalles

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Special Admissions: Why The Affirmative Action Precedent Could Open The Door To Challenges Against Student-Athlete Preferences, Gabe Ellis

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Shareholder Primacy Versus Shareholder Accountability, William W. Bratton

Seattle University Law Review

When corporations inflict injuries in the course of business, shareholders wielding environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) principles can, and now sometimes do, intervene to correct the matter. In the emerging fact pattern, corporate social accountability expands out of its historic collectivized frame to become an internal subject matter—a corporate governance topic. As a result, shareholder accountability surfaces as a policy question for the first time. The Big Three index fund managers, BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, responded to the accountability question with ESG activism. In so doing, they defected against corporate legal theory’s central tenet, shareholder primacy. Shareholder primacy builds …

Verses Turned To Verdicts: Ysl Rico Case Sets A High-Watermark For The Legal Pseudo-Censorship Of Rap Music, Nabil Yousfi

Seattle University Law Review

Whichever way you spin the record, rap music and courtrooms don’t mix. On one side, rap records are well known for their unapologetic lyrical composition, often expressing a blatant disregard for legal institutions and authorities. On the other, court records reflect a Van Gogh’s ear for rap music, frequently allowing rap lyrics—but not similar lyrics from other genres—to be used as criminal evidence against the defendants who authored them. Over the last thirty years, this immiscibility has engendered a legal landscape where prosecutors wield rap lyrics as potent instruments for criminal prosecution. In such cases, color-blind courts neglect that rap …

Would Jackie Robinson Play Baseball Today? How Baseball Owners Conspire To Restrain Trade And Foster Unequal Opportunities For Player Development, Stephen Ross

Faculty Scholarship

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Deconstructing The Blueprint For Infringement: Remedying Flawed Interpretations Of The § 120(A) Exception To Architecture Copyrights, Margalit Zimand

Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts

Drafting the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990 (“AWCPA”) consisted of a bizarre hodgepodge of considerations. Ostensibly, the goal of the Act was to bring the United States unquestionably into compliance with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, which the United States had just recently joined, with as minimal an impact on U.S. law as possible. In reality, this goal — itself not without built-in tensions — was but one of several competing forces at play in the drafting process. The other forces generally fell into three camps. There were the proponents of preserving …

We Got Next: Las Vegas' Transformation Into The Sports Capital Of The World, D'Ahna Scott, Giacomo Silvestri

Nevada Law Journal Forum

Las Vegas, known for its vibrant entertainment scene and bustling casinos, is ready to step off the bench and onto the court to play in the big league, as the city gears up to become the ultimate sports capitol of the world. This White Paper explores the emergence of professional sports franchises and the exciting evolution of Las Vegas into a premier sports destination. Part I of this White Paper traces the development of sport franchises, ownership dynamics, and the creation of iconic sports venues. Part II explores the legal and economic aspects related to the sports market in Las …

Why Tennessee’S Elvis Act Is The King Of Artificial Intelligence Protections, Sarah L. Fowler Senior Deputy General Counsel, John D. Fowler Founding Partner

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving and advancing quickly. As AI advances, it presents novel legal issues for individuals and industries alike. For example, AI can now mimic the voices of famous musicians so well that it can be almost impossible for listeners to discern whether the vocals are from those musicians or generated with AI. Yet under the current legal framework, new works that mimic a famous artist’s voice can be created and distributed by anyone without the consent of the musician and without any legal repercussions.

Fortunately, lawmakers are proposing legislation to protect against the unauthorized use of another’s …

Beyond Nil, William W. Berry, Iii

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

The name, image, and likeness (NIL) changes and shifting landscape obscure more existential threats to the student-athlete model on the horizon. The television money that Power Five conference teams receive still comprises much of the budget of athletic departments. The football and basketball players—-the revenue sport athletes-—may have a claim to a greater share of this revenue.

Some athletes argue that they are employees of their universities, which would entitle them not only to additional benefits but also to other tools, such as collective bargaining. All of these advantages could make universities responsible for increasing the amount of remuneration available …