Primarily advising large media organizations, major sports leagues and conferences, as well as professional sports associations, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP handles a varied workload ranging from high profile commercial and employment litigation in the sports industry to contract negotiations and corporate restructurings. Key team members include Yehudah Buchweitz, Eric HochstadtArianna Scavetti, and Kyle Krpata in New York, as well as Washington DC-based Andrew Tulumello and Dennis Adams. Tulumello has a strong track record in high profile commercial disputes which have shaped the sport industry, regularly representing clients in the Supreme Court, while Hochstadt and Buchweitz are key for complex state and multi-district antitrust litigation, including civil litigation and class actions. Scavetti is who professional athletes often turn to with health and safety concerns and wellbeing matters, including abuse and harassment claims.
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Clients clés

  • Washington State University
  • NBA All-Star Zion Williamson and Creative Artists Agency
  • Warner Bros. Discovery/Turner Sports and affiliates
  • CBS Corporation, CBS Sports, and affiliates
  • Professional Tennis Players Association
  • Major League Baseball Players Association
  • DIRECTV
  • MLB All-Star Shohei Ohtani, Major League Baseball Player
  • National Women’s Soccer League Players Association
  • Women’s National Basketball Players Association

Points forts

  • Represented Washington State University, alongside co-plaintiff Oregon State University, in a high-stakes, high-profile fight with departing members of the Pac-12 NCAA athletic conference regarding the control, operation and going-forward plan for the Pac-12.
  • Represented NBA star Zion Williamson, securing a Fourth Circuit affirmation of a lower court ruling that voided a marketing agreement Mr. Williamson signed while still a student-athlete that violated North Carolina’s Uniform Athlete Agents Act.
  • Represented Warner Bros in a high-profile lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, which rocked the sports world and involved the NBA’s attempt to give the rights to broadcast NBA games to Amazon, and take them away from TNT.

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Responsable de la pratique

Andrew Tulumello; Yehudah Buchweitz; Eric Hochstadt; Arianna Scavetti; Dennis Adams; Kyle Krpata