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Revenue Sharing: Some Guidance as New NCAA Era Approaches, University Business

In a column published by University Business, New Era Chairman and Co-Founder Collin Williams covers the major shift coming to college athletics: revenue-sharing. Collin outlines how revenue sharing is the change that will most dramatically move student-athletes into professionalized roles, and how this approach will carry legal, compliance, contractual, and dispute-resolution implications that institutions must be ready to manage at scale.  

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Assessing Legal Challenges for E-Commerce Retailers in 2025, TotalRetail

New Era CEO and Co-Founder Rich Lee provides retailers with an overview of the most significant challenges facing the industry in 2025. In his piece for TotalRetail, Rich points to data privacy – from cybersecurity considerations to the lagging laws that require retailers to proactively protect the data they collect – to intellectual property to tax issues as top risks to manage.

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Legal Operations Infrastructure: Maximizing Law Department Potential, ACC Docket

In the second contribution for the Association of Corporate Counsel’s ACC Docket, New Era ADR CEO and Co-Founder Rich Lee joins Whitney Stefko, Associate Director and Senior Counsel in Ford Motor Company’s Global Policy and Legal Ops+ Team, to focus on strategies for identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) and measuring the success of initiatives, including actionable examples to enhance your team’s performance. 

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Legal Operations Infrastructure: Foundational Elements that Drive Resource Optimization, ACC Docket

In a two-part series for the Association of Corporate Counsel’s ACC Docket, New Era ADR CEO and Co-Founder Rich Lee joins Whitney Stefko, Associate Director and Senior Counsel in Ford Motor Company’s Global Policy and Legal Ops+ Team. Together, Rich and Whitney explore the importance of prioritizing individuals within organizations, establishing a solid infrastructure to support their efforts, and measuring meaningful and quantifiable data points to account for success. 

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Resolving Litigation: L&E Lawyer Inadvertently Trained by Parents, Law.com

In our ongoing Law.com series, Resolving Litigation, New Era CEO and Co-Founder Rich Lee talks with Gene Ryu, a labor and employment lawyer with K&L Gates. Their conversation covers tensions in workplace law, how alternative dispute resolution can play a role in workplace litigation, and the significance of attorneys understanding their clients' business motivations. 

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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression as a Co. Founder, Law360

In a contributed column to Law360, New Era Chairman and Co-Founder Collin Williams shares insights from his mental health journey and recovery. In a personal and candid look back at where he’s been and the resources that have helped, Collin shares how his challenges have shaped his career, his leadership style, and his commitment to advocating for mental health in the legal industry.

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Why Justices Should Rule on FAA’s Commerce Exception, Law360

Collin Williams, Chairman and Co-Founder of New Era ADR, authored an article for Law360 that evaluates the March 2024 opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Adan Ortiz v. Randstad Inhouse Services LLC and Adan Ortiz v. XPO Logistics Inc. The case, which will make its way through the appeals process and possibly to the U.S. Supreme Court, has the potential to clarify an age-old question about whether workers involved in foreign or interstate commerce are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act

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