Marc Edelman teaches and writes in the areas of property, sports law, and antitrust. He is regularly cited about how the Sherman Act applies to professional sports leagues.

Professor Edelman is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania 's Wharton School and a cum laude graduate of Michigan Law School , where he earned an honorary Scribes Membership for best student note.

For four years, Professor Edelman practiced antitrust and sports litigation in New York, NY with the law firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP. He is currently affiliated with Institute for Information Law & Policy at New York Law School and serves as a regular guest contributor at Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal. He is also founder of a fantasy-sports dispute resolution business.

Publications

"Are Commissioner Suspensions Really any Different from Illegal Group Boycotts?" (publication in progress).

“Antitrust and ‘Free Movement' Risks of Expanding American Professional Sports Leagues into Europe .” (publication forthcoming in Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business).

“Could a New Women's Professional Soccer League Survive in America ? How Returning to the Traditional League Structure Might Save More than Just a Game.” (publication forthcoming in Seton Hall Sports & Entertainment Law Journal) (lead article).

"Sports and the City: How to Curb Team Demands for Free Public Stadiums." (publication forthcoming in Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy).

“Moving Past Collusion in Major League Baseball: Healing Old Wounds and Preventing New Ones.” (publication forthcoming in Wayne Law Review).

“Why the Single Entity Defense Can Never Apply to NFL Clubs: A Primer on Property Rights Theory in Professional Sports.” Fordham Int. Prop., Media & Ent. L. J. 18, no. 4 (2008): 891-927.

“Analyzing the WNBA's Mandatory Age/Education Policy from a Legal and Ethical Perspective.” (co-authored with Dr. C. Keith Harrison), Northwestern J. L. & Soc. Pol'y 3, no. 1 (2008): 1-28.

“How to Prevent High School Hazing: A Legal, Ethical and Social Primer.” N. D. L. Rev. 81, no. 2 (2005): 309-341.

“Addressing the High School Hazing Problem: Why Lawmakers Need to Impose a Duty to Act on School Personnel.” Pace L. Rev. 25, no. 1 (2004): 15-47.

“Do Major League Baseball Clubs Risk Losing Another Collusion Grievance?” Loy. L.A. Ent. L.J. 24, no. 1 (2004): 159-184.

“How to Curb Professional Sports' Bargaining Power vis-à-vis the American City .” Virginia Sports & Ent. L. J. 2, no. 2 (2003): 280-309.

“Can Antitrust Law Save the Minnesota Twins? Why Commissioner Selig's Contraction Plan Was Never a Sure Deal.” Sports L. J. 10, no. 1 (2003): 45-67.

Note: “Reevaluating Amateurism Standards in Men's College Basketball.” U. Mich. J. L. Reform, 35, no. 4 (2002): 861-890.