A long-time Arkansas attorney has joined the NCAA as an investigator in its new Complex Case Unit, according to Yahoo News. Tom Mars, who has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer (Walmart) and in private practice, burst on the scene in recent years because of his work representing athletes in the eligibility waiver appeals area.…
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By Jim Convertino Very few days go by when we don’t see a celebrity or professional athlete have a large jewelry loss, an accident with a high value automobile or possibly get sued for simply being a high- profile individual once someone recognized them after an accident or chance encounter. The cell phones come out,…
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Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, Assistant Professor of Sport Management at St. John’s University, was recognized this summer for having the “Best Paper” by the participants to the 14th Annual GBRS Conference in Valencia, Spain and selected for publication in a future issue of The Review of Business Journal published by the Peter J. Tobin…
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The Dallas Sidekicks have promoted Alex S. to Legal Counsel and Manager of Marketing. She has been with the organization for eight months and has been handling all matters legal, marketing, and public relations, among other areas. Alex is a graduate of Texas A&M University School of Law class of 2014 and graduated, with honors,…
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Jeremy M. Evans, the founder and managing attorney at California Sports Lawyer® – a firm that represents entertainment, media, and sports clientele, will give a CLE presentation entitled Title: E Sports: The Differences between Entertainment and Sports Dealmaking for CLE Companion, a legal technology company that is changing the CLE industry by offering an affordable…
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Joseph M. Hanna, a partner in Goldberg Segalla’s Buffalo office, has been named to the Mediator Panel for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (WDNY). Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. announced the new mediators for the WDNY on Wednesday, June 19. This marks the first expansion of the court’s…
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With the fall semester, Sports Litigation Alert celebrates its tenth year of being a staple in the Sports Law classroom, where professors and instructors use it as a replacement for expensive textbooks, or at least a supplement for the textbook, which is frequently dated by the time it is published. For background purposes, the Alert…
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(Editor’s Note: The following is shared by the Drake Group, an advocacy group for reform of the NCAA) Last week the NCAA Division I Council approved new, more stringent criteria to determine whether athletes in five sports (football, men’s and women’s basketball, ice hockey and baseball) can transfer with eligibility waivers to compete immediately upon…
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Established in 2015, the Outstanding In-House Counsel of the Year Award is presented by the Arizona State Bar Association Board of Governors to an Arizona in-house counsel that “has made outstanding contributions to the in-house counsel practice and the community at large.” Nona Lee, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer for the Arizona Diamondbacks,…
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Josh Lens, a clinical assistant professor of recreation and sport management in the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation at the University of Arkansas, wrote an article recently about the ramifications of agents who represent college coaches and recruit student-athletes from the coaches’ programs. The Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal published the article…
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