USA
Practice Areas
Karen Lent is co-head of Skadden’s sports practice and head of the New York office’s antitrust/competition practice, representing a wide variety of clients in antitrust, sports and other complex litigation matters at both the trial and appellate court levels. She also provides general antitrust counseling. In Lex Machina’s Antitrust Litigation Report 2024, Ms. Lent ranked first for advising on the most defense-side U.S. antitrust cases from 2021-23.
Professional Memberships
Ms. Lent serves as Associate Director of the Fordham Competition Law Institute.
Publications
Ms. Lent authors a monthly column on antitrust matters for the New York Law Journal. Her recent publications include:
"ABA’s 2025 Antitrust Spring Meeting: Are We At A Turning Point for Antitrust Enforcement?" (New York Law Journal; May 29, 2025); "Takeaways for Live Sports Programming From the FuboTV Antitrust Litigation" (Reuters Legal News; April 11, 2025);
"Antitrust Considerations for Private Permissioned Blockchains" (New York Law Journal; April 4, 2025);
"Robinson-Patman's Return: The FTC's Recent Revival of Price Discrimination Enforcement" (New York Law Journal; February 24, 2025);
"The DOJ and FTC Release New Guidance for Business Activities Affecting Workers" (Skadden Publication; January 29, 2025)
Personal
In addition to having been ranked repeatedly by Chambers USA and Best Lawyers, Ms. Lent has been recognized by:
• The National Law Journal as a Sports and Entertainment Trailblazer;
• New York Law Journal as a Distinguished Leader;
• Crain’s New York Business among its Notable Women in the Business of Sports;
• Global Competition Review among its Women in Antitrust;
• Benchmark Litigation as a Star;
• Lawdragon among its 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers and 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers;
• Law360 as an MVP in both Competition and Sports;
• W@Competition’s 40 in Their 40s list of notable women competition professionals; and
• SportsBusiness Journal on it Forty Under Forty list and among its Power Players in Sports Law.