Due, in part, to Justice Brandeis' famous dissent, many have presumed that the states are the most fertile ground for policy innovation. However, with their transformation from smaller urban and rural centers to major metropolitan regions, local governments may prove even more fruitful agents of...

When the new City Charter took effect on July 1, 2000, Los Angeles cast aside a seventy-five year old governing structure in favor of a streamlined system more reflective of the political realities of a twenty-first century metropolis. It was in many ways a typical Los Angeles moment....

Online ticketing has transformed the sports industry. Fans can more easily access and purchase tickets to a game online with confidence in their validity. Unsurprisingly, professional sports leagues and teams have entered the secondary ticket market at unprecedented levels because of the...

The O'Bannon decision made a significant change to one of the philosophical pillars of intercollegiate athletics in allowing for greater compensation for student athletes. At the same time, the court took only an incremental step in the direction of pay for college athletes: The decision was...

COVID-19 wreaked havoc on professional sports leagues. By mid-March of 2020, all leagues—including the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball—had shut down, along with the rest of society. As states began to open back up a couple of months later, professional sports...