Prior to 2015, student athletes were not permitted by NCAA rules to exploit commercially their name, image and likeness (“NIL”).  However, the decision that year in O’Bannon v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, changed the landscape for student athletes and third parties. 

Competitive gaming or esports has rapidly found its own place in the sports and entertainment landscape in recent years. By some estimates the esports industry will by 2022 have 300 million viewers and be on par with NFL viewership.

After a steady growth in revenue from Portuguese football, the 2019/2020 football season ended not only with the growth cycle of recent years, but also with a loss of 135 million euros, justified by the suspension of the II League and games behind closed doors.

In the last years, Italy has become interesting also for tax purposes. Some retired people decide to move to Italy to spend the last years also because our inheritance tax legislation is appreciable and others take advantage of some special tax legislation provided for resident workers who move from abroad.

Hybrids of many sorts have been trending in countless industries and show no sign of fading away anytime soon. Recently, retailers and office tenants have begun combining their space needs into a hybrid retail/office storefront.