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The Curious Lawyer: Baseball Law

Exploring Landmark Cases and Legal Developments in America’s Pastime

Created byNew Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
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IntermediateUpdated Mar 31, 2025
The Curious Lawyer: Baseball Law

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the Supreme Court's role in baseball's regulatory immunity: Learn how the Supreme Court initially granted baseball special legal treatment.
check_circleExplore the impact of landmark cases: Review key decisions like NCAA v. Alston that have affected both professional and amateur sports.
check_circleExamine the unique legal status of baseball: Learn how baseball occupies a distinctive position in U.S. law and its implications for the sport.
check_circleLearn about the evolving rights of athletes: Understand how recent decisions have changed the landscape for amateur athletes and their ability to profit from their names and likenesses.
check_circleGain insights into sports law in the U.S.: Explore the intersection of sports, legal history, and constitutional law.

About This Course

In the next installment of this popular series, grab a beer and a box of Cracker Jack as Peter Afrasiabi walks you through the unique legal position that America’s pastime occupies in the United States. 

From the first pitch -- when the Supreme Court initially conferred regulatory immunity upon the sport – through to what may be the final out – more recent decisions such as NCAA v. Alston that have opened the door for amateur athletes to profit from their names and likenesses, Peter will make you a legal expert on baseball in nine innings or less.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies. For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit  http://www.newmedialegal.com .

Peter  Afrasiabi
Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner at One, LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

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