Nathaniel Grow

Professor

Department: Business Law & Ethics

Campus: Bloomington

Biography

Nathaniel Grow is a Professor of Business Law and Ethics. He previously served as an Associate Professor of Legal Studies (with

Areas of Expertise

Antitrust law, intellectual property law, labor issues in the professional sports industry, patent law, sports law.

Academic Degrees

J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2005
B.S., Ohio University, 2002

Professional Experience

Associate Professor of Legal Studies, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, 2015-2017
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, 2009-2015
Associate Attorney, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., 2005-2009

Awards, Honors & Certificates

Best Sports and Entertainment Law Paper Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2021
Holmes-Cardozo Award for Distinguished Submitted Conference Paper, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2020
Jackson Lewis Outstanding Employment Law Paper Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2020
Outstanding Reviewer Award, American Business Law Journal, 2020
Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2019
SABR Baseball Research Award, Society for American Baseball Research, 2019
SEALSB Best Proceedings Paper Award, Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2018
Finalist, Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2018
Co-recipient, Larry Ritter Book Award, Society for American Baseball Research, 2015
Recipient, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 2015
Recipient, David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History, The Langum Charitable Trust, 2014
Recipient, Distinguished Junior Faculty Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2014
Recipient, Junior Scholar Award, Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2012
Recipient, Holmes-Cardozo Award for Outstanding Submitted Conference Paper, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2011
Recipient, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 2011
Recipient, Best Proceedings Paper, Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2010

Selected Publications

Edelman, M., Grow, N., and Holden, J. The Re-Monopolization of the U.S. Sports Trading Card Industry. XX University of Illinois Law Review XXX (in press, 2025).
Epstein, A., Grow, N., and Kisska-Schulze, K. An Evolving Landscape: High School Athletics & Name, Image, and Likeness Rights. 77 Vanderbilt Law Review 845 (2024).
Grow, N. The Future of College Sports After Alston: Reforming the NCAA via Conditional Antitrust Immunity. 64 William and Mary Law Review 385 (2022).
Grow, N. Free Agency for the Front Office: How Data Analytics and Non-Compete Agreements Threaten to Disrupt Competitive Balance in U.S. Professional Sports Leagues. 58 American Business Law Journal 121 (2021).
Grow, N., and Haugh, T. Assessing the NCAA as a Compliance Organization. 2021 Wisconsin Law Review 787 (2021).
Grow, N., and Shackelford, S. J. The Sport of Cybersecurity: How Professional Sports Leagues Can Better Protect the Competitive Integrity of Their Games. 61 Boston College Law Review 473 (2020).
Grow, N. The Save America’s Pastime Act: Special-Interest Legislation Epitomized. 90 U. of Colorado Law Review 1013 (2019).
Grow, N. (2018). The Enduring Power of the Sports Broadcasting Act. The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Grow, N., and Flagel, Z. The Faulty Law and Economics of the 'Baseball Rule,' 60 William & Mary Law Review 59 (2018).
Grow, L., and Grow, N. Protecting Big Data in the Big Leagues: Trade Secrets in Professional Sports. 74 Washington & Lee Law Review 1567 (2017).
Flagel, Z., and Grow, N. Getting in the Game: The Demographics of Professional Sports Team In-House Legal Counsel. 7 Mississippi Sports Law Review 23 (2017).
Grow, N. Resolving the Divided Patent Infringement Dilemma. 50 Michigan Journal of Law Reform 1 (2016).
Grow, N. The Curiously Confounding Curt Flood Act. 90 Tulane Law Review 859 (2016).
Grow, N. Regulating Professional Sports Leagues. 72 Washington & Lee Law Review 573 (2015).
Alexander, C., and Grow, N. Gaming the System: The Exemption of Professional Sports Teams From the Fair Labor Standards Act. 49 U.C. Davis Law Review 123 (2015).
Grow, N. (2014). Baseball on Trial: The Origin of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption, Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
Grow, N. Joint Patent Infringement Following Akamai. 51 American Business Law Journal 71 (2014).
Grow, N. Insolvent Professional Sports Teams: A Historical Case Study. 18 Lewis & Clark Law Review 345 (2014). (Symposium issue)
Grow, N. Decertifying Players' Unions: Lessons From the NFL and NBA Lockouts of 2011. 15 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 473 (2013).
Grow, N. In Defense of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption. 49 American Business Law Journal 211 (2012).
Grow, N. American Needle and the Future of the Single Entity Defense Under Section One of the Sherman Act. 48 American Business Law Journal 449 (2011).
Grow, N. Antitrust & The Bowl Championship Series. 2 Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law 53 (2011).
Grow, N. Louisville v. Duke and Its Implications for Breached College Football Scheduling Agreements. 37 Journal of College & University Law 239 (2011).
Grow, N. Defining the 'Business of Baseball': A Proposed Framework for Determining the Scope of Professional Baseball's Antitrust Exemption. 44 U.C. Davis Law Review 557 (2010).
Grow, N. Reevaluating the Curt Flood Act of 1998. 87 Nebraska Law Review 747 (2009).
Grow, N. A Proper Analysis of the National Football League Under Section One of the Sherman Act. 9 Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law 281 (2008).
Grow, N. Note: There's No 'I' in 'League': Professional Sports Leagues and the Single Entity Defense. 105 Michigan Law Review 183 (2006).

Edited on July 5, 2024