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Heitner Legal is proud to announce a decisive victory on behalf of our client, Mac Jones, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. On December 2, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Claims Board dismissed with prejudice all claims brought against Jones by psychologist Keith Bell, finding that Jones’s use of Bell’s copyrighted material constituted fair use under […]
In a groundbreaking ESPN investigation, the complex world of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) contracts in college sports has been laid bare, revealing a landscape far more intricate and potentially problematic than most athletes—or fans—realize. The Control Mechanism: More Than Just a Contract As a sports attorney who has worked extensively with athletes and booster […]
Heitner Legal will be named to the University of Florida’s 2023 Gator100 during a ceremony on April 21 in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on UF’s campus. Each year, the Gator100 recognizes the world’s fastest-growing Gator businesses owned or led by UF alumni. Ernst & Young, independent accounting firm of the […]
Mr. Darren Heitner is one of a select group of University of Florida alumni named to this year’s prestigious “40 Under 40.” Honorees receiving 2019 Outstanding Young Alumni awards were recognized during a campus ceremony on Saturday, April 13.
Jon Swartz of the USA TODAY recently wrote an article titled, Kevin Durant takes a shot at the cloud, the latest NBA play for tech returns. Therein, Swartz wrote that, these days, if an NBA player is making big money, he would rather put that money to work through investments (especially in tech) as opposed to seeking […]