Holt Hackney

Barnes & Thornburg Launches University and Professional Athletics Group

October 22, 2019

Barnes & Thornburg has joined forces with sports industry veterans, E.T. “Skip” Prince and Steve Pederson, to launch a new University and Professional Athletics practice. Joining the firm’s experienced athletics industry attorneys, Prince and Pederson bring decades of experience overseeing, managing, and providing consultation to collegiate athletic departments and conferences, professional teams and leagues, and…
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Sports Facilities and the Law Enters Third Year with Editor in Chief Gil Fried at the Helm

October 20, 2019

Sports Facilities and the Law (SFL), a periodical that reports on legal and risk management developments involving sports facilities, is well into its third year of publication. Leading the effort is Gil Fried, a sport management professor at the University of New Haven, as well as an illustrious advisory board of attorneys and facility management…
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Hofstra Law’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society to Host Sports Law Roundtable on November 13

October 16, 2019

Hofstra Law’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELS) will host the “Sports Law Roundtable, a conversation on current Professional and NCAA sports law issues, and why the game may never be the same” on Wednesday, November 13 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Room 308 of the law school. The event, which is free, is being…
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University of Arizona Named as Defendant in Bullying Suit

October 14, 2019

A former University of Arizona track athlete has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the university, claiming that it turned a blind eye toward bullying. Filed in federal court, the lawsuit named the Arizona Board of Regents as well as students and coaches in the track and field program as defendants. Specifically, plaintiff Michael Grabowski…
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University of New Haven Announces First-of-Its-Kind Academic Program on Business of eSports

October 10, 2019

The University of New Haven announced yesterday that it is establishing a comprehensive academic curriculum in esports management that will be the first of its kind to be part of a business curriculum accredited by AACSB International, an accreditation that places the University’s College of Business among the top five percent of business schools worldwide.…
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Professor: California Decision May Force NCAA to Amend Rules on Income

October 5, 2019

Patrick Rishe is director of the sports business program at Olin Business School at Washington University, recently offered some insights on California governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to sign a bill that will allow California athletes to earn money from the use of their names, images and likenesses. The California passage of this bill will eventually…
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Loeb & Loeb Expands Sports Law Presence in Nashville

October 2, 2019

Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that prominent entertainment, media and sports lawyer Derek Crownover has joined the firm’s Nashville office as a partner. He joins the firm from Dickinson Wright where he was chair of the Entertainment Law Practice Group. Joining with him are five key team members including senior counsels Cam Caldwell, Robert…
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Columbia University School of Professional Studies to Host Sports Management Conference on October 18

September 30, 2019

Columbia University invites sports industry leaders, thought-makers, and disruptors along with Columbia University Sports Management Master’s Program faculty as they discuss critical topics in the business of sports today and in the future at an Oct. 18 conference at the Faculty House (116th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive) at the school. The keynote…
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Montgomery McCracken Attorneys Set To Speak on Sports Law Issues at Villanova Law Event on Oct. 2

September 27, 2019

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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Sports Lawyers Scott Tompsett and Bill Sullivan Represent KU Basketball Coach Bill Self in High-Profile Case

September 24, 2019

The University of Kansas men’s basketball program is facing unprecedented scrutiny after the NCAA presented its Notice of Allegations this week to KU, alleging widespread violations of NCAA rules. Further examination of the Notice suggests that one of the most glaring individual targets in the investigation will be Hall of Fame Head Basketball Coach Bill…
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Author: Holt Hackney