David Feher

David has represented clients in many prominent sports lawsuits, arbitrations, and negotiations, including:

• North American Soccer League (NASL) in antitrust litigation against the USSF and Major League Soccer (MLS) regarding USSF sanctioning decisions and other conduct adverse to NASL
• U.S. Women’s National Team (soccer) in the historic fight for equal pay, and other litigation and negotiations with the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF)
• Classes of Division 1 college basketball and Football Bowl Subdivision players in the Jenkins v. NCAA landmark antitrust suit challenging NCAA and major conference restrictions on competition for player services, and the House v. NCAA class action challenging restrictions on competition for player name, image and likeness (NIL) rights
• Guggenheim Partners in their sponsorship contract with Andretti Formula E
• Bose Corporation in its sponsorship of the NFL
• Owner/organizer of Madrid Open tennis tournament and Ion Tiriac in scheduling and related disputes with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)
• Major investor in a professional bull riding franchise, in the acquisition of the equity interest
• Prominent PGA golfers in various contract and disciplinary matter disputes
• U.S. double amputee 400m sprinter Blake Leeper in the eligibility process before the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and USA Track & Field
• Non-binary runner Cal Calamia in obtaining a Therapeutic Use Exemption from the US Antidoping Agency
• NFLPA and NBPA in their respective annual reviews of NFL and NBA finances to determine the Salary Caps and other revenue-sharing based metrics in those sports
• Top European men’s professional soccer team in a dispute with the European soccer federation (UEFA)
• Oakley in the Oakley/Rory McIlroy/Nike litigation (concerning a right of first refusal in Mr. McIlroy’s contract with Oakley, which resulted in a settlement with Mr. McIlroy)
• National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in the NCAA/NIT litigation (which resulted in a favorable settlement for the five New York City colleges and universities that operated the NIT)
• Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, as co-lead counsel, in the successful and historic pro bono effort to overturn the ban against Mr. Pistorius competing in IAAF track events and the Olympics (which led to Mr. Pistorius competing in the 2012 London Olympics), and 800M World Champion sprinter Caster Semenya in her initial eligibility dispute with the IAAF
• One of the lead lawyers for the NFLPA and NFL players in the New Orleans Saints Bounty Case that overturned the discipline the NFL had imposed on the players for allegedly participating in an undisclosed “pay-for-performance/bounty” program operated by the team
• All of the major U.S. professional sports player associations as principal author of the brief submitted on behalf of the associations to the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark American Needlecase, which rejected the NFL’s efforts to characterize itself as a “single entity” for antitrust purposes
• Agents and their clients at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Wasserman Media Group (WMG), and other such firms in various matters
• Avon Products, Inc. in negotiating its sponsorship of the Olympic Games and its licensing contract with Derek Jeter
• NFLPA as trial counsel in the Freeman McNeil/NFL antitrust trial
• NFLPA in the Reggie White and Patrick Ewing class actions
• NFLPA in the NFL lockout insurance/network TV contract case
• Jeremy Lin in the “Bird Rights” arbitration
• Drew Brees in the Franchise Player arbitration
• Michael Vick in the roster bonus forfeiture arbitration
• Terrell Owens in arbitrations
• The Arena Football League Players Association in a class action
• Bill Belichick in the New York Jets litigation
• Latrell Sprewell in grievance proceedings

In addition, David has represented a number of large U.S. and international companies in various non-sports matters, including:

• Successfully defended Avon Products, Inc. against a US$100 million false advertising claim in the C. Johnson v. Avon Products trial
• Represented a Turkish company in a landmark case successfully vacating an arbitration award on grounds of evident partiality
• Represented noted nutritionist and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Joel Fuhrman in a successful arbitration and negotiation regarding the terms of a joint venture