Introduction
Advocate General Emiliou delivered three interlocking Opinions concerning decisions of football governing bodies. Two of these cases were brought to challenge elements of the FIFA…
Tension is mounting among TV broadcasters and streaming providers as the German Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office - FCO) approved the plans to award the media rights on February 26, 2024 and…
Report on the hearing at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (OLG Düsseldorf)
on 21 February 2024
Introduction
"We don't really know what the LG Dortmund should have done wrong."
Presiding…
On 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its highly anticipated judgment in the European Super League Company (ESL) case (C-333/21), alongside two other…
On 21 December 2023, the CJEU hit the newspaper headlines after handing down the judgments in Case C-333/21 European Super League Company, Case C-124/21 P International Skating Union v Commission,…
On 21st December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) achieved a “hattrick” with three important judgments on the interplay of sports and EU Law. In particular, the CJEU…
Introduction
One of the biggest controversies in European football right now is the fight between UEFA, Europe’s continental football association, and the European Super League (ESL), a proposed…
