Darren Heitner

@heitner

Founder of @HeitnerLegal, focusing on Sports, Entertainment, Intellectual Property & Business Law. Teach NIL at Miami Law. Daddy to Maxx, Aliya, and Jesse.

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Born February 9

Joined March 2007

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Darren Heitner
@heitner
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Inbox flooded yesterday with Class of 2022 athletes after the Wisne stay. Sorting through it all now. Federal class relief is paused. Athletes who already have their own TRO or injunction keep it. Everyone else is back to square one unless they pursue individual relief. Timing
Darren Heitner
@heitner
Aug 21
This is a mess. So many athletes have enrolled and been rostered as a result of the Wisne v. NCAA injunction in Colorado. The appellate court granting a stay now pushes all of those athletes to email, text, DM, and call, begging for emergency action in state courts. Yes, it's a
Darren Heitner
@heitner
Aug 21
The NCAA just filed the 10th Circuit court of appeals decision in Wisne as supplemental authority in the pending Ezra Christensen case after the Court explicitly stated it is working on an order for the pending motion and that no additional actions are needed from the parties.
Darren Heitner
@heitner
Aug 21
The NCAA just filed the 10th Circuit court of appeals decision in Wisne as supplemental authority in the pending Ezra Christensen case after the Court explicitly stated it is working on an order for the pending motion and that no additional actions are needed from the parties.
Darren Heitner
@heitner
Aug 21
While the NCAA may be celebrating the appeal decision in Colorado, more state court judges are ruling for the named plaintiffs. The Colorado case is based on an antitrust claim. The state court cases primarily revolve around athletes being third party beneficiaries and the
Hans Poppe 📎📌
@HansTheLawyer
Aug 21
Kentucky Temporary injunction GRANTED!!!!
Darren Heitner
@heitner
Aug 21
This is why it’s important for Class of 2022 athletes to be named plaintiffs in state court cases. Been saying this for a while now.
Austin Massey
@austinmasseySBI
Aug 21
BREAKING: The Tenth Circuit has GRANTED the NCAA’s stay request in Wisne v. NCAA. Judge Sweeney’s nationwide injunction is now stayed pending appeal, meaning qualifying Class of 2022 athletes lose its federal fifth-season protection for now.