The Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF) will host an hour-long webinar on April 8, starting at 9:15 a.m., that will address some of the latest developments in concussion litigation as well as the proactive initiatives the CLF is undertaking in the space. The panel addressing these topics will feature Peter Carfagna as moderator. Besides being an…
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Sports Lawyer Anthony Corleto has joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as a partner, where he will continue to grow the successful concussion defense practice he built at Wilson Elser. Corleto’s bio and contact info can be found here. Overall, Corleto focuses on commercial litigation, transactions, and sports risk matters. His legal expertise extends to intellectual…
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Shana De Caro, a partner in the New York personal injury law firm, De Caro & Kaplen, LLP, has been elected as chairwoman of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) for 2021. De Caro has advocated on behalf of individuals and their families following a traumatic or acquired brain injury for over 35 years,…
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Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced that the Fall issue of Sports Medicine and the Law (SML), a quarterly electronic newsletter, has published. It features key stories about relevant topics involving the legal side of sports medicine. SML, which is available on a complimentary basis, can be subscribed to…
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On Wednesday, October 2, four attorneys from Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, Steven Pachman, Dylan Henry, Kimberly Sachs, and Kacie Kergides, will be presenting before Villanova Law’s Sports Law Society. Beginning at noon in room 102, the attorneys will discuss recent legal issues affecting sports and the law, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), second impact…
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Montgomery McCracken is pleased to announce that the firm has partnered with Hackney Publications to launch Sports Medicine and Law, a complete source for news, case summaries, articles, and strategies concerning sports medicine and the law, whether they arise at the professional, collegiate, high school, and amateur levels. Members of Montgomery McCracken’s Sports Injury Practice,…
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Steven Pachman, a partner in Montgomery McCracken’s Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Sports Injury practice group, is slated to speak at the University of Michigan’s Sport Concussion Summit on Friday, May 31. The Summit’s local, regional, and nationally renowned speakers come together to discuss some of the most pressing topics in Orthopaedics,…
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(Editor’s Note: The following article appeared in Concussion Litigation Reporter) A former hockey enforcer has brought a class action lawsuit in B.C. (Canada) Superior Court against several North American hockey leagues alleging they failed to protect their players from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and their long-term consequences. James McEwan, 31, the former captain of the…
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Dionne Koller is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she also directs the Center for Sport and the Law. Professor Koller’s scholarly focus is Olympic and amateur sports law and she is a frequent media commentator on issues related to sports and the…
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(Editor’s Note: John Miller, Troy University, and Robin Ammon, University of South Dakota, recently wrote the following article for Concussion Litigation Reporter. It is exclusively reprinted here.) Many interscholastic athletes, particularly high school football players, are likely to incur concussions while participating in a sport (McCrea, Hammeke, Olsen, Leo, & Guskiewicz, 2004). Copeland (2010) further…
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