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Attorney Jim Chester To Present for CLE Companion on ‘Legal Issues for Software, App and Video Game Developers’

Internationally recognized attorney Jim Chester, of Klemchuk LLP, will give a live CLE presentation on “Legal Issues for Software, App and Video Game Developers” on November 22 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am  CST for CLE Companion (https://clecompanion.com/), a legal technology company that is changing the CLE industry by offering an affordable and easy way…
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Athletes for Equity in Sport Formed to Promote the Best Interests of All Athletes in Amateur Sports by Ensuring Fairness and Accountability

Athletes for Equity in Sport Inc. recently announced its “commitment” to all participants in sports subject to the jurisdiction of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and its related national governing bodies (NGBs) and affiliates, with the following mission statement: “To ensure that any person involved in the investigation and disciplinary process related…
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The Drake Group Applauds NCAA Position on Allowing College Athletes to Exploit Their Own Names, Images and Likenesses — But Issues Caution

(What follows was recently published by the Drake Group in response to the NCAA’s movement this week toward compensating student athletes in specific circumstances.) On October 29, 2019, the NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously to permit college athletes to commercialize the use of their names, images and likenesses (NILs) “in a manner consistent with…
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Feldman to Hold Newly-Endowed Sher Garner Professorship in Sports Law, Nation’s First Such Professorship Dedicated to Sports Law

Tulane University’s nationally recognized Sports Law Program will now be led by the nation’s first fully endowed professorship dedicated to sports law – Professor Gabe Feldman. Alumni and longtime supporters Leopold and Karen Sher and James and Tracie Garner have endowed the Sher Garner Professorship in Sports Law.  The professorship will be held by Professor…
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Texas A&M Introduces Hand-Held Metal Detectors Today

Guests today at the Texas A&M Football game vs. Mississippi State may encounter a new security measure – walk through and hand-held metal detectors – when they enter the stadium. In preparation for Southeastern Conference-mandated enhanced security measures in the fall of 2020, Texas A&M will begin implementing walk through and hand-held metal detectors at…
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AtmosAir Solutions Helps Manage the Legal Risks Associated with Pathogens in the Training Room

(Editor’s Note: What follows is an article that appeared today in Sports Litigation Alert.) With the increased emphasis on training and the benefits it can bring to the modern-day athlete, it is no wonder that the athlete is spending more and more time in training facilities seeking to maximize his or her potential. However, there…
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Barnes & Thornburg Launches University and Professional Athletics Group

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

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

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

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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