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Publications Examine Legal Issues Around Sports Betting and Esports

April 22, 2020

Hackney Publications has introduced two quarterly publications, that are available on a complimentary basis, which examine the legal side of sports betting and esports. My Legal Bookie (https://mylegalbookie.com/) is sponsored by Ifrah Law (https://www.ifrahlaw.com/) and includes articles about recent judicial opinions, lawsuits, and trends as well as interviews with experts. Esports and the Law (https://esportsandthelaw.com/)…
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ASU Law program helps women learn to master the golf club as a business tool

April 16, 2020

By Nicole Almond Anderson, Director of Communications, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law The transition from college to the business world is a challenge for any recent graduate. And women have long faced additional barriers, from the glass ceiling to the wage gap. One tool that might help? A golf club. That’s the idea behind…
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Jackson Lewis’ Clifton Co-Hosting ‘COVID-19: The Current and Potential Impact to the World of Sports’

April 14, 2020

MLB, NCAA, NBA . . . the sports world is not immune from the impact of COVID-19. This podcast series will help you make some sense of it all, share thoughts on what you should be doing now and, in the future, to prepare for the resumption of sporting events. The three-part podcast series is sponsored…
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Sports Lawyer Gets Nod as Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Success at Tarleton State

April 12, 2020

As Tarleton State University (TSU) prepares to make its move to NCAA Division I, TSU President Dr. James Hurley and Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lonn Reisman recently “reinforced their commitment to compliance” with the addition of Eric Heier, who has a JD from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah.…
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Sports Media: Two Professors Weigh In

April 4, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to progress worldwide, many are trying to better understand how the virus is affecting everyday life. Seton Hall University’s Professional-in-Residence B.J. Schecter is a veteran journalist who spent the last 20 years at Sports Illustrated and most recently served as executive editor of SI and SI.com. Branden Buehler, assistant professor of visual and sound media,…
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O’Melveny Advises Athletes Unlimited in ‘Plan to Disrupt Professional Team Sports’

April 2, 2020

O’Melveny advised client Athletes Unlimited and its co-founders Jon Patricof and Jonathan Soros on their launch and strategic plan to “disrupt professional team sports.” The company will launch a series of leagues across different sports with an innovative new model of competition, starting with women’s softball in August 2020. Athletes Unlimited seeks to upend the…
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Sports Lawyer Leon Rose Named President of New York Knicks

April 1, 2020

Madison Square Garden Company Executive Chairman and CEO James L. Dolan has announced that Leon Rose has been named President of the New York Knicks, effective immediately. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rose joins the organization from CAA Sports, where he was co-head of the basketball division and represented some of the NBA’s…
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Expert Talks About What It will Take for Sports to Return

March 28, 2020

Professional and college sports leagues are unlikely to resume their COVID-19-interrupted seasons anytime soon, according to Mitchel Rosen, a preparedness expert at the Rutgers School of Public Health. Rosen’s research interests include preparedness, personal protective equipment, occupational health and safety, and public health capacity development. He also is sports fan, who offered the following thoughts…
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Alicia Jessop Appointed President-Elect of Sport and Recreation Law Association

March 27, 2020

On March 6, 2020, associate professor of sport administration Alicia Jessop was appointed as the Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) president-elect. The appointment comes after five years of actively participating in the association including previously serving on the association’s board of directors as the member-at-large overseeing honors and awards. “I see this as a…
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Canada Announces It Will Not Send Athletes to Olympics

March 23, 2020

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), backed by their Athletes’ Commissions, National Sports Organizations and the Government of Canada, “have made the difficult decision to not send” Canadian teams to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020. The COC and CPC urgently call on the International Olympic Committee…
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Author: Holt Hackney