The Drake Group, a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization working to better educate the U.S. Congress and higher education policy-makers about critical issues in intercollegiate athletics, released a major report: The Drake Group Report: An Analysis of Objections to the Proposed Settlement of College Athlete NIL Litigation (aka House/Carter v. NCAA and Power Five conferences). See it here. The purpose of the report is…
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Boston Basketball Partners LLC has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Boston Celtics to an investor group led by William Chisholm, a lifelong Celtics fan and Boston-area native, pending NBA Board of Governors approval. Wyc Grousbeck will continue in his roles of CEO and Governor, overseeing team operations, through the…
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Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the fifth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in the sports industry who need experienced and capable legal counsel. The law firms are listed alphabetically, a testament to the difficulty in actually…
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Nearly 40% of adult Americans say they’ve experienced some type of sport-related mistreatment in their lives, a new study shows. Mistreatment ranged from psychological and emotional to physical and sexual. But most people who reported mistreatment experienced more than one kind, the research found. And one-third of those who never even played organized sports reported…
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The EsportsTravel Summit is the world’s largest gathering of esports tournament and video-game event organizers and the only business conference focused on the travel side of the esports industry. Organized by the Northstar Meetings Group, the 2025 summit will be staged June 16–18, in Bloomington, Minnesota, a destination that has activated successful esports events at…
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Amundsen Davis LLC, a leading Midwest law firm, has announced that Luke A. Fedlam has joined the firm as partner in its Entertainment, Sports & Media Service Group. The firm contends Fedlam’s “deep understanding of the intersection of corporate law and the sports industry will enhance the firm’s already-significant practice in entertainment and media law.…
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Clarkson’s Arthur Bryant continues to be a prominent voice in the battle for gender equity and Title IX compliance in intercollegiate athletics. With decades of experience representing women athletes and championing equal rights in college sports, Bryant is arguably America’s most accomplished Title IX lawyer. He has been cited by the press nationwide for his views on recent developments,…
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By Alyssa Rodriguez and Gregg E. Clifton West Virginia joins Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri in an effort to protect the state’s student-athletes and potentially prevent the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) from enforcing rules related to Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) and athlete compensation. West Virginia state lawmakers are the latest to join in and advance…
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As one of the legal industry’s most popular speakers, David Lancelot, the CLO and EVP of Advocacy at LawVu(https://lawvu.com/, has interacted with countless GCs about the challenges they encounter when managing their workload. And that workload is increasing. “Amid ongoing economic and industry pressures, businesses are increasingly more likely to retain work in-house than outsource…
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SportsCastr Inc. (D/B/A PANDA Interactive), a sports streaming and betting technology company, has announced that it has filed amended complaints against Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI) and Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD), adding parallel antitrust claims to its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit. The complaint asserts that both Defendants have unlawfully tied access to the official sports data they…
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