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Frank N. Darras

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DarrasLaw

Ontario , CA

Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA



Columns
Title Category Published
Halftime analysis of NIL in 2025: Key legal developments in college athletics Entertainment & Sports May 16, 2025
How women athletes can harness NIL's momentum for long-term wealth Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Apr. 18, 2025
Scenario planning for Title IX compliance and NIL activities in 2025 Entertainment & Sports, Civil Rights, Administrative/Regulatory Apr. 3, 2025
How NIL, amateurism and immigration are shaping college golf's landscape Immigration, Entertainment & Sports Mar. 11, 2025
Deion Sanders' game-changing play: Disability insurance in college sports Insurance, Entertainment & Sports Mar. 3, 2025
How college athletes can navigate NIL rules Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Jan. 6, 2025
The best defense: critical care insurance for injured college athletes Insurance, Entertainment & Sports Dec. 11, 2024
Leveraging NIL to inspire better classes of future NBA players Entertainment & Sports Oct. 9, 2024
How sports disability lawyers can help our Olympic and college athletes Entertainment & Sports Sep. 19, 2024
How the House settlement could open doors for college athletes Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Aug. 26, 2024
How 'going to the videotape' unrolled the next wave of NCAA antitrust litigation Entertainment & Sports Aug. 6, 2024
Preparing the next generation of women athletes for NIL opportunities Entertainment & Sports Jul. 18, 2024
Why the NCAA will take a forever timeout Entertainment & Sports Jul. 10, 2024
How NIL rights can impact pro sports Entertainment & Sports Jun. 6, 2024
Preparing players and lawyers for a new college sports landscape Entertainment & Sports May 23, 2024
Why the NCAA’s greatest rival is the US government Entertainment & Sports May 10, 2024
Why long-term NIL strategies are a must for female college athletes Entertainment & Sports May 1, 2024
NCAA’s legal and existential dilemmas Entertainment & Sports Apr. 4, 2024
Problems and solutions for the college athlete transfer portal Entertainment & Sports Mar. 13, 2024
Should the NCAA take a knee forever? Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Feb. 23, 2024
Why NCAA transfer portal rules need an overhaul in 2024 Entertainment & Sports Jan. 16, 2024
Three NIL developments poised to impact the NCAA in 2024 Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Dec. 28, 2023
NIL governance: looking to the ‘future’ Entertainment & Sports Dec. 11, 2023
NIL trends and female collegiate athletes Entertainment & Sports Nov. 14, 2023
How USC’s Shield can lead the way for NIL in college sports Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Oct. 24, 2023
NIL strategies to consider in college athletics Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Oct. 10, 2023
Conference shuffles and NIL shaping the future of collegiate play Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Sep. 27, 2023
Analyzing the NCAA’s shrinking authority Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Sep. 13, 2023
How federal legislation can effectively tackle NIL collectives Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports Aug. 25, 2023
Why sports lawyers should study the NCAA’s newest NIL memo Entertainment & Sports, Contracts, Administrative/Regulatory Jul. 28, 2023
NIL on the Hill Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports Apr. 20, 2023
The Tua contract was about more than his playing abilities Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Apr. 7, 2023
Are college athletes employees? Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports Mar. 23, 2023
Feel the LOV Insurance, Entertainment & Sports Feb. 23, 2023
Preventing NIL rules from creating a minor league within college sports Entertainment & Sports Feb. 2, 2023
NIL’s continuing impact on college sports and the law Torts/Personal Injury, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports Oct. 21, 2022
The year-end NIL playbook for lawyers Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports Aug. 26, 2022
Contract negotiations and free agency…in collegiate athletics? Entertainment & Sports, Contracts May 31, 2022
June trial poised to be a home run for minor league players Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports Apr. 18, 2022
Big scores: NIL trends and laws attorneys should know Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Appellate Practice Apr. 8, 2022
Name, image and likeness in college basketball: Solution to ‘one and done’? Entertainment & Sports Nov. 24, 2021
Lawyers can help level the playing field for college athletes U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports Oct. 27, 2021
How helpful is federal guidance for COVID long haulers? Labor/Employment Sep. 1, 2021
Are unions the answer for college athletes? Entertainment & Sports Aug. 9, 2021
California vs the National Collegiate Athletic Association Entertainment & Sports Apr. 15, 2021
Why T&E lawyers should have long-term disability attorneys on speed dial Probate Jan. 12, 2021
What PI attorneys should know about LTD and ERISA, but don’t Torts/Personal Injury, Labor/Employment Nov. 20, 2020

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Maria Cabral, et al. v. Ralphs Grocery Company, et al. Personal Injury Plaintiff Apr. 23, 2011
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) Plaintiff Aug. 26, 1995
Laughlin E. Waters and Voula D. Waters v. United States Automobile Association Breach of Contract Plaintiff Aug. 20, 1994
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) Plaintiff Jun. 25, 1994

MCLE
Title Category Published
Halftime analysis of NIL in 2025: Key legal developments in college athletics Entertainment & Sports May 16, 2025
How women athletes can harness NIL's momentum for long-term wealth Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Apr. 18, 2025
Scenario planning for Title IX compliance and NIL activities in 2025 Entertainment & Sports, Civil Rights, Administrative/Regulatory Apr. 3, 2025
How NIL, amateurism and immigration are shaping college golf's landscape Immigration, Entertainment & Sports Mar. 11, 2025
Deion Sanders' game-changing play: Disability insurance in college sports Insurance, Entertainment & Sports Mar. 3, 2025
How college athletes can navigate NIL rules Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Jan. 6, 2025
The best defense: critical care insurance for injured college athletes Insurance, Entertainment & Sports Dec. 11, 2024
Leveraging NIL to inspire better classes of future NBA players Entertainment & Sports Oct. 9, 2024
How sports disability lawyers can help our Olympic and college athletes Entertainment & Sports Sep. 19, 2024
How the House settlement could open doors for college athletes Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Aug. 26, 2024
How 'going to the videotape' unrolled the next wave of NCAA antitrust litigation Entertainment & Sports Aug. 6, 2024
Preparing the next generation of women athletes for NIL opportunities Entertainment & Sports Jul. 18, 2024
Why the NCAA will take a forever timeout Entertainment & Sports Jul. 10, 2024
How NIL rights can impact pro sports Entertainment & Sports Jun. 6, 2024
Preparing players and lawyers for a new college sports landscape Entertainment & Sports May 23, 2024
Why the NCAA’s greatest rival is the US government Entertainment & Sports May 10, 2024
Why long-term NIL strategies are a must for female college athletes Entertainment & Sports May 1, 2024
NCAA’s legal and existential dilemmas Entertainment & Sports Apr. 4, 2024
Problems and solutions for the college athlete transfer portal Entertainment & Sports Mar. 13, 2024
Should the NCAA take a knee forever? Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Feb. 23, 2024
Why NCAA transfer portal rules need an overhaul in 2024 Entertainment & Sports Jan. 16, 2024
Three NIL developments poised to impact the NCAA in 2024 Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Dec. 28, 2023
NIL governance: looking to the ‘future’ Entertainment & Sports Dec. 11, 2023
NIL trends and female collegiate athletes Entertainment & Sports Nov. 14, 2023
How USC’s Shield can lead the way for NIL in college sports Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Oct. 24, 2023
NIL strategies to consider in college athletics Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Oct. 10, 2023
Conference shuffles and NIL shaping the future of collegiate play Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Sep. 27, 2023
Analyzing the NCAA’s shrinking authority Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Sep. 13, 2023
How federal legislation can effectively tackle NIL collectives Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports Aug. 25, 2023
Why sports lawyers should study the NCAA’s newest NIL memo Entertainment & Sports, Contracts, Administrative/Regulatory Jul. 28, 2023
NIL on the Hill Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports Apr. 20, 2023
The Tua contract was about more than his playing abilities Entertainment & Sports, Contracts Apr. 7, 2023
Are college athletes employees? Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports Mar. 23, 2023
Feel the LOV Insurance, Entertainment & Sports Feb. 23, 2023
Preventing NIL rules from creating a minor league within college sports Entertainment & Sports Feb. 2, 2023
NIL’s continuing impact on college sports and the law Torts/Personal Injury, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports Oct. 21, 2022
The year-end NIL playbook for lawyers Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports Aug. 26, 2022
Contract negotiations and free agency…in collegiate athletics? Entertainment & Sports, Contracts May 31, 2022
June trial poised to be a home run for minor league players Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports Apr. 18, 2022
Big scores: NIL trends and laws attorneys should know Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Appellate Practice Apr. 8, 2022
Name, image and likeness in college basketball: Solution to ‘one and done’? Entertainment & Sports Nov. 24, 2021
Lawyers can help level the playing field for college athletes U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports Oct. 27, 2021
How helpful is federal guidance for COVID long haulers? Labor/Employment Sep. 1, 2021
Are unions the answer for college athletes? Entertainment & Sports Aug. 9, 2021
California vs the National Collegiate Athletic Association Entertainment & Sports Apr. 15, 2021
Why T&E lawyers should have long-term disability attorneys on speed dial Probate Jan. 12, 2021
What PI attorneys should know about LTD and ERISA, but don’t Torts/Personal Injury, Labor/Employment Nov. 20, 2020
Case Name Topic Role Published
Maria Cabral, et al. v. Ralphs Grocery Company, et al. Personal Injury Plaintiff Apr. 23, 2011
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) Plaintiff Aug. 26, 1995
Laughlin E. Waters and Voula D. Waters v. United States Automobile Association Breach of Contract Plaintiff Aug. 20, 1994
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) Plaintiff Jun. 25, 1994