Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Prepare licensing, service, sponsorship, and other agreements for YouTuber’s company.
Assist leading multimedia talent management company with formation of and investment in a number of startups.
Advise TikTok fashion influencer on a variety of partnership agreements.
Draft college athlete NIL agreements.
Represented a Seattle-based private high school in administrative appeals relating to conference alignment and admission into a local athletic conference for public and private high schools.
Represented an owner of an Oregon minor league baseball team in a state court lawsuit arising from a corporate governance and ownership dispute.
Represented American comic book publisher in a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court, prevailing on multiple motions to dismiss and successfully obtaining a dismissal of an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Successfully challenged the National Women’s Soccer League’s minimum age rule in U.S. District Court as an illegal boycott in violation of federal antitrust law on behalf of 15-year-old professional soccer player Olivia Moultrie. Trial team obtained a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction in this landmark case, prohibiting the NWSL and its teams from boycotting Moultrie due to her age. Achievements also included securing favorable rulings on significant questions arising out of federal antitrust and labor law, including that the NWSL and its teams did not constitute a “single entity” for antitrust purposes and that Moultrie’s claim was not precluded by federal labor statutes and did not interfere with ongoing collective bargaining between the NWSL and the NWSL Players Association. Case culminated in the negotiation of a settlement ensuring Moultrie’s right to continue playing in the NWSL, subject to the provisions of any final collective bargaining agreement.
Represented, prepared and coordinated with NIL collective in group licensing deal with 400 student-athlete and major sports apparel brands.