Sports and Entertainment

Hausfeld represents businesses, athletes, musicians, and other artists and entertainers in a wide array of matters in the sports and entertainment field. These issues include complex antitrust claims, breach of contract, royalty disputes, licensing issues, copyright disputes, personal injury, labor relations, sensitive negotiations, and rights of publicity and likeness claims. The firm combines deep complex litigation skills and experience in federal, state, and international courts, arbitration, and mediation to provide clients with a full spectrum of advice and options.

Attorneys from the firm have been quoted and cited in numerous publications on sports and entertainment law, including in the New York Times, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, ESPN, Bloomberg news, Billboard, SportsBusiness Journal, and Yahoo! Sports, and have been interviewed on NPR Radio, CBS Radio, and in numerous other forums. Additionally, Hausfeld's attorneys are frequent panelists on sports and entertainment litigation topics at symposia and conferences all over the world.

Hausfeld's cases have been the subject of intense public interest, and numerous articles and court filings are located at the links below in the "Cases and Current Investigations" section. We employ a wide variety of alternative billing arrangements, including taking many cases on full or partial contingency, to ensure that our clients' needs are met.

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Sports and Entertainment

Capital Records

Hausfeld represents the CEO and the CTO of ReDigi, Inc. - the world's first and only online marketplace for pre-owned digital music - in copyright litigation filed by Capitol Records.

Sports and Entertainment

NCAA Student-Athlete Compensation - O’Bannon v. NCAA

Ed O’Bannon and thousands of former basketball and football players allege that the NCAA, its members, and its commercial partners violated federal antitrust law by unlawfully foreclosing former players from receiving any compensation related to the use of their images and likenesses.

Sports and Entertainment

NFL v. Dryer

Hausfeld represents a group of retired football players who have alleged that the NFL, including its NFL Films division, has used retired players’ likenesses without permission in order promote the league and earn substantial revenues.

Deceptive Business Practices and Consumer Protection

Digital Download Litigation

Hausfeld represents recording artists, including Chuck D of Public Enemy and William McLean and Andres Titus of the Black Sheep, that have brought claims against the “Big 3” record labels: UMG Recordings, Warner Music, and EMI. These lawsuits allege that the record labels have breached certain contracts with recording artists by underpaying them for digital download (i.e., mp3s) and ringtones revenue.

Mass Torts and Public Health Threats

NFL Concussions

Former NFL players are at risk to develop brain damage as a result of repeated impacts to the head experienced during their careers.

Mass Torts and Public Health Threats

NCAA Concussions Litigation

Hausfeld represents former National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) football players who seek the establishment of a court-supervised medical monitoring fund to provide early diagnosis and treatment of latent brain injuries caused by repeated traumatic head impacts.