Sports
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Putting To Rest The Claim That NIL Isn’t For All College Athletes
Many of the opportunities for college athletes surrounding the exploitation of their NIL will come in the form of third parties paying for them to post content on their social media profiles.
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Basketball, Football, Gay, Gay Marriage, Google / Search Engines, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sports, Supreme Court, Technology, Trademarks
* It’s official: “law school grads face worst job market in more than 30 years.” Put that in your TTT pipe and smoke it. [Chicago Tribune]
* Not sure how good of a “cyber spy” you can be if you’re getting sued in federal court for things like cybersquatting and trademark infringement. [MarketWatch]
* Jerry Sandusky was convicted — oh Lord, he was convicted — Friday evening, and now his attorneys say they weren’t allowed to resign right before the trial. [CBS News]
* The New York Times has caught Linsanity, or at least it has caught an interest in the trademark case for Jeremy Lin’s popular catchphrase. [New York Times]
* It was Gay Pride weekend across the country. Practically speaking, for most people this meant lots of unexpected traffic jams and random glitter bombings. Evan Wolfson, a prominent attorney, was the Grand Marshal of the Chicago Pride Parade. [Chicago Sun-Times]
* Will today be the day we get the Obamacare decision? Who knows. In the meantime, here’s an interview with the folks behind the wonderful SCOTUSblog. [Forbes]
* The judge accused of elder abuse, in Alameda County, California, is still on the bench, but he has been relegated to handling small claims court. [Mercury News]
* An owner of the Miami Heat has sued Google and a blogger over an “unflattering” photo. I guess once you win an NBA championship, it leaves you with a lot of free time for other important pursuits. [CNN]
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Celebrities, Contracts, Football, Sports, Technology, Twittering
When Celebrity Tweeting Goes Wrong and the Resulting Lawsuit Goes (Sort of) Right
This star running back lost a major endorsement because of his controversial tweets. Now he’s fighting back in court…
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Advertising, Drugs, Google / Search Engines, Marijuana, Sports, Technology
Why Google Is an Unwitting Drug Dealer and Ticket Scalper
One of my favorite Mitch Hedberg jokes goes something like, “I love the FedEx driver, because he’s a drug dealer and he don’t even know it.” Well, it turns out you might be able to say the same thing about Google AdWords. A new BBC report reveals the sketchier side of Google’s flagship, profit-making endeavor. […]
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Football, Junk Email / Spam, Sports, Technology
Ohio Attorney Sues Over Misleading Emails, Even Though He Wasn’t Misled
It’s not like the general public needs more reasons to dislike attorneys, yet unfortunately, there’s always more fuel for the fire. If you read the news, you might say they are boozers, they are arrogant, and they are tools. Now cynics can add “cherry-pickers” to that list. The attorney in the following case acted like […]