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To Introduce HBCU Students and Students of Color to Careers in Sports Business, First and Pen and SBRnet launch Get in the Game Conference

April 4, 2023

To introduce and connect diverse talent within the sports business industry, First and Pen and SBRnet are excited to launch sports business conference, Get In The Game. The inaugural event, will take place October 6th-8th, 2023 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor in Baltimore, MD and bring together students of color from HBCUs and surrounding institutions…
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Greenberg Traurig Texas Adds Sports Lawyer Zeena Angadicheril

April 3, 2023

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has announced the hire of sports lawyer Zeena Angadicheril as of counsel in its Austin office. Angadicheril previously worked alongside Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Denis Braham at Winstead PC and in her role as assistant vice president for legal affairs for The University of Texas at Austin. With a shared passion and practice in sports and real estate,…
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Sports Law Expert Podcast Highlights Sports Lawyer Jay Fee of Nelson Mullins, a Firm that Was Recently Recognized as One of the Best in the Sports Industry

April 1, 2023

Hackney Publications announced today that Jay Fee, a sports lawyer and partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, is the featured guest on the Sports Law Expert Podcast. The podcast segment can be heard here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holt-hackney/episodes/A-visit-with-Sports-Lawyer-Jay-Fee–of-Nelson-Mullins-e216gln The firm was also honored recently by Hackney Publications as one of the “100 best firms with sports…
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Jury Awards $1 and Legal Fees to Gwyneth Paltrow – It Was a Nonstarter From the Beginning

March 31, 2023

Yesterday’s news that a Utah jury sided with Gwyneth Paltrow in a civil trial involving a 2016 ski crash in which she collided with another skier led us to reflect on an article written in 2022 for Sports Litigation Alert by Professor James Moss, an expert in such things. But first, the statements. Paltrow: “I…
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Financial Advisor, Financial Planner, NBA Agent, And Previously Convicted Fraudster Charged Today With Schemes To Defraud Professional Basketball Players

March 29, 2023

There Department of Justice has announced the unsealing of a six-count Indictment charging Darryl Cohen, Brian Gilder, Charles Briscoe, and Calvin Darden, JR. in connection with two schemes to defraud professional basketball players. Cohen and Gilder were arrested this morning in, respectively, Chatsworth, California, and North Ridge, California, and will be presented later today in…
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Supreme Court of Nebraska Affirms Court’s Ruling that Release Shielded University from Athlete’s Lawsuit Arising from Weight Room Injury

March 28, 2023

The Supreme Court of Nebraska has affirmed the ruling of a lower court, finding in favor of Concordia University, which had been sued by a college athlete, who suffered an injury in the University’s weight room. In so ruling, the high court agreed that the waiver the student-athlete and his mother signed “was valid and…
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Professor Explains Why Most M2F Transgender Athletes Are Being Banned From Female Events

March 27, 2023

By Professor John Banzhaf, George Washington University Following the lead of World Rugby, World Swimming, and the Rugby Football League, World Athletics has just banned most biological males who believe themselves to be female [often called trans women] from competing in female sporting events unless they avoided going through puberty as males. The organization’s stated…
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Hackney Publications Publishes Third Annual ‘100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About’

March 24, 2023

Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the third 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 of experienced and capable legal counsel. The firms are listed alphabetically, an ode to the difficulty in actually…
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JAMS to Resolve Cases in the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping Program

March 23, 2023

JAMS, the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide, will “strengthen the integrity of United States horseracing by hearing cases under the newly created Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program.” The industry-first program, administered by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU), seeks to establish nationwide, uniform and…
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First Ever Seattle Panel Discussion on NIL Adds More Subject Matter Experts

March 22, 2023

The Pacific Northwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business (PNALSB) announced its latest additions to its highly anticipated NIL Colloquium, the first ever to be held in Seattle, Washington. The panel discussion takes place on April 14th, 2023, 8:30 a.m., at Seattle University’s School of Law. All the panelists are subject matter experts in NIL…
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