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10th Annual Berkeley Law Sports and Entertainment Conference

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
On behalf of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, we cordially invited you to the 10th Annual Berkeley Law Sports and Entertainment Conference! The conference, which was webcasted on B-CLE beginning Friday, April 11, 2025, is hosted by the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. This marquee event brought together leading executives, management professionals, attorneys, athletes, talent, and students to discuss the leading topics in sports, entertainment, law, business, and culture. Panel Topics: Celebrity Endorsements and Social Media Advertising: FTC Compliance and Influencer Liability AI-Generated Content: Protecting the Rights of Creators in a New Era of Automation The Future of College Athletics: Beyond NIL and Towards Employment Status For topical questions to our speakers, please find the Speakers’ Bios and Contact Information within the Agenda and Resources pages.

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28th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: AI Governance at the Crossroads

Sponsor: BCLT
Initiatives to regulate artificial intelligence are being developed and implemented at the state, local, national, regional, and international levels. This symposium began with a half-day tutorial on Thursday, February 27 for those not yet acquainted with major initiatives such as the California legislature’s SB 1047 (the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act), which Governor Newsom vetoed; the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, & Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence; the European Union’s AI Act; and technical governance measures. On Friday, February 28, a full day of speakers presented a range of perspectives on these initiatives and others, considering various types of governance tools (such as procurement policies and disclosure requirements) that regulators may deploy, and offering assessments of which are more and less likely to be effective in promoting artificial intelligence systems for the public good and ensuring safe and trustworthy development of such systems. Speakers also explored private ordering initiatives and the role of standards in achieving these important goals. This symposium is funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation

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Leigh Steinberg Series for the Protection of Student Athletes

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
The Leigh Steinberg Series for the Protection of Student Athletes is a thought-provoking and insightful program designed to address the complex intersection of immigration law and the NCAA’s Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) policy. Through five distinct sessions, this series highlights the unique challenges faced by international student-athletes and offers practical, legally sound solutions for navigating this evolving landscape

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Royalty Finance, the UCC and Issues of Recharacterization

Sponsor: BCLT & Gibson Dunn
In this three-part virtual series, BCLT & Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher have partnered issues originally raised in a Law 360 article written by Gibson Dunn attorneys, Todd Trattner and Ryan Murr, entitled How Biotech Cos. Can Utilize Synthetic Royalty Financing. Gibson Dunn attorneys explore, in depth, royalty finance, looking at synthetic royalties, the treatment of synthetics under the UCC, and the risks of a sale of a synthetic royalty being recharacterized as a loan in bankruptcy. The aim of this virtual speaker series is to educate biotechnology stake holders (investors, entrepreneurs, companies, and their attorneys) on best practices for monetizing and investing in a synthetic royalty so that they may embark on such transactions with greater certainty. For anyone with an interest in how modern biotechnology companies raise capital, this series will help you optimize your rights and reduce your risks. Don’t miss it!