Bryan N. Shapiro practices in the area of litigation and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Non-Compete and Trade Secrets divisions. Mr. Shapiro’s extensive experience includes highly complex, multiparty, multidistrict litigations to straightforward single-party disputes in expedited and non-expedited proceedings in both in federal and state courts nationwide. Mr. Shapiro has successfully represented financial institutions and portfolio companies, as well as clients in the sports and athletics industry, all areas of the healthcare industry, including hospitals, providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and medical device manufacturers and suppliers, and in the telecommunications, transportation and construction industries. He also has experience counseling employers on a range of employee-related matters, including non-competition agreements and restrictive covenants and representing clients and employers in commercial and business tort disputes, with an emphasis on non-competition agreements and restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and unfair competition litigation.
In addition to his extensive litigation experience, Mr. Shapiro utilizes his background as a former collegiate basketball player to counsel various stakeholders in the sports industry and author articles providing insight on the wide range of issues affecting professional and collegiate sports, including NIL (name, image, likeness) rights and the implications on scholarships and revenue for students and schools. Mr. Shapiro also regularly analyzes state and international legislation, rules, and regulations to assess sports betting and daily fantasy sports advertisement requirements for sports betting and daily fantasy operators and affiliated marketing entities.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Shapiro served as law clerk to the Hon. Cynthia M. Rufe of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Shapiro is a 2020 magna cum laude graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law, where he was note/comment editor of Temple Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif, and a magna cum laude graduate of Washington College.
Areas of Practice
- Antitrust and Competition
- Sports Law
- Non-Compete and Trade Secrets
- Gaming Regulatory Compliance
- Complex Commercial Litigation
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2020
- Note/Comment Editor, Temple Law Review, Vol. 92
- Staff Editor, Temple Law Review, Vol. 91
- Order of the Coif - Washington College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2017
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2021-present - U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Cynthia M. Rufe, 2020-2021
Honors and Awards
- Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2024 and 2025
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Attorney (Child Advocate), Support Center for Child Advocates, Philadelphia, PA
- NextGen Committee Member, Philadelphia Youth Basketball
Selected Publications
- Contributor, Duane Morris Antitrust Law Blog and Duane Morris Sports Law Blog
- Quoted, “Forced to pivot after losing Penn State slot; Council Rock North soccer player lost her verbal scholarship due to newly implemented roster limits,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 7, 2024
- Quoted, "How Mia Cairone Overcame Having Her Verbal Scholarship Taken Away Amid House V. NCAA Settlement," The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 4, 2024
- Co-author, "FTC Ban on Noncompetes Set to Take Effect September 4, with Efforts to Halt Unsuccessful Thus Far ‒ Here Are Steps Employers Should Be Taking Now," Duane Morris Alert, August 8, 2024
- Co-author, "NCAA Student-Athlete Settlement Proposal Takes Its Best Shot at Resolving Three Antitrust Cases," Duane Morris Alert, August 1, 2024
- Co-author, "Pennsylvania Federal Court Denies Injunction, Dealing a Further Blow to Efforts to Halt FTC's Ban on Noncompetes, Set to Take Effect on September 4, 2024," Duane Morris Alert, July 24, 2024
- Co-author, "Professional Sports Players' Unions Support College Athletes' Ability to Unionize," Duane Morris Alert, July 1, 2024
- Co-author, “NCAA Suspends Certain Transfer Rules in Light of Mounting Antitrust Pressure,” Duane Morris Sports Law Blog, June 20, 2024
- Co-author, “$1 Billion Private Equity Investment in Big 12 Conference,” Duane Morris Sports Law Blog, June 13, 2024
- Co-author, “Private Equity Takes Aim at the College Sports Industry,” Duane Morris Sports Law Blog, June 11, 2024
- Co-author, "Billion-Dollar Settlement to Resolve Antitrust Litigation Will Impact Student-Athletes and NCAA Enforcement," Duane Morris Alert, June 6, 2024
- Co-author, “NCAA Quarterback Initiates Fraud Lawsuit Against Florida Gator Coach and Booster,” Duane Morris Sports Law Blog, May 21, 2024
- Contributing Author, “Duane Morris Class Action Review 2024,” January 2024
- Co-author, "Minnesota Becomes the Latest State to Ban Employee Noncompetition Covenants," Duane Morris Alert, June 13, 2023
- Contributing Author, “Duane Morris Class Action Review 2023,” January 2023
- Co-author, "Washington, D.C., Walks Back Noncompetition Agreement Ban, Enacts Income-Based Threshold for Agreements Signed on or After October 1," Duane Morris Alert, August 8, 2022
- Co-author, "Colorado Becomes the Latest State to Enact Income-Based Threshold for Noncompetition and Customer Nonsolicitation Covenants," Duane Morris Alert, July 21, 2022
- Co-author, "Washington, D.C., Ban on Noncompetes Postponed Again, to October 1, 2022," Duane Morris Alert, March 17, 2022
- Co-author, "Colorado Enacts Legislation Authorizing Potential Criminal Liability for Employers that Violate State Noncompetition Statute," Duane Morris Alert, January 28, 2022
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Moderator, “Tips for Standing Out to In-House Counsel as a Young Lawyer,” DRI 2023 Business and IP Super Conference, Young Lawyers Division, April 26, 2023
Representative Matters
Ricoh USA, Inc. v. Schubert, et al., Case No. 2:23-cv-00456 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 4, 2023). Obtained a consent injunction on behalf of Ricoh against one of its former senior sales leaders and her new employer following grant of summary judgment in Ricoh’s favor.
NSM Insurance Group v. Nasman, et al., Case No. 2022-06310 (Montgomery Cty., Pa. May 20, 2022). Obtained denial of a motion for a temporary restraining order filed by the plaintiff against its former underwriter and his new employer.
Aramark Management, LLC, et al. v. Steve Borgquist, et al., 8:18-cv-01888-JLS-KES (C.D. Cal. Dec. 8, 2021). Provided assistance to the trial team that obtained an $8 million verdict, including punitive damages, on behalf of Aramark and its subsidiary, HPSI Purchasing Services LLC, against two ex-employees of HPSI and the competing group purchasing organization they formed, Beacon Purchasing LLC.
PeopleStrategy, Inc. v. Lively Employer Services, Inc., 3:20-cv-02640 (D. N.J. Aug. 28, 2020). Obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of an HR consulting company and its subsidiary, in a case in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against five former employees, and their new company, requiring defendants to cease doing business with the clients’ customers, honor their contractual non-solicitation obligations, and stop using the clients’ confidential information.