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Sports and Entertainment Risk Management Alliance Adds Attorneys to Advisory Board

The Sports and Entertainment Risk Management Alliance (SERMA) has announced the appointments of Weber Gallagher’s Scott W. Bermack, co-chair of the firm’s General Liability Practice and managing partner of the New York Office, and KPM LAW’s Brian A. Cafritz, Esq., managing partner of the firm’s Leisure & Entertainment Litigation Group as well as the Restaurant…
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Blank Rome Welcomes Sports Law Attorney David Moreno to New York Office

Blank Rome LLP has announced that David A. Moreno, Jr. has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Commercial Litigation practice group and as a member of the firm’s Sports Law team. Moreno is a seasoned trial attorney whose practice spans commercial litigation, white collar defense, business law, sports law, and reputational management. Prior to joining Blank Rome,…
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Global Sports Advocates Included in Chambers USA 2022 Sports Law Rankings

Global Sports Advocates has been ranked as one of the nation’s top sports law firms by Chambers USA. Additionally, Founding Partner Paul Greene and Associate Matthew Kaiser have been ranked individually by Chambers USA as top sports lawyers. Paul is ranked in “Band 2” and Matthew is ranked as an “Associate to Watch.” Global Sports Advocates represents athletes, coaches, teams,…
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Amber Heard and Johnny Depp Aren’t the Only Celebrities in the News

“Utah Court Dismisses Negligence Claim Against Actress in Case Involving Injury on Ski Slopes,” an article written by professor James H. Moss, JD, appeared in yesterday’s Sports Litigation Alert, along with 14 other articles. The reprinted article, written in spirited form, follows below: In what has not turned into a simple skier v. skier collision case,…
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Utah Families File Lawsuit Challenging the State’s Ban on Transgender Girls Playing School Sports

Two Utah families filed a legal challenge in Utah state court against House Bill 11, which prohibits transgender girls from competing in school sports. The law, which the Legislature enacted over Governor Spencer Cox’s veto, “singles out transgender girls in order to exclude them from girls’ sports. It bars every transgender girl from competing on a girls’ team…
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Match Fixing on the Rise as Global Sports Betting Turnover Surpasses EUR1.45 Trillion for the First Time

(Editor’s Note: The following appeared in the most recent issue of MyLegalBookie, a publication that reports on the legal sports betting industry.) The detection of a record number of suspicious matches exposes the serious, ongoing threat match-fixing presents to the integrity of global sport at all levels as the amount of money bet on sports…
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Dutch Football Coach Emerges with Successful Ruling in Case Against Former Employer

Blaser Mills Law has won a landmark case in football concerning force majeure and Covid-19 Head of sport at the firm and former professional football player, David Winnie, was successful in his claim to the FIFA Football Tribunal on behalf of Dutch football coach, René Hiddink, against his former employer, Football Association of Maldives [FAM]. The…
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Knight Commission Calls for Major Changes to NCAA Revenue Distribution to Correct Gender and Racial Inequities

The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics recommended earlier this month altering the NCAA’s annual revenue distribution to institutions to correct for racial and gender inequities.   In light of “the current upheaval in Division I athletics and the looming report of the NCAA’s Transformation Committee,” the Commission also urged college sports leaders to reexamine and…
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Webinar Explores the Current and Future Landscape of Name, Image, and Likeness in Illinois College Athletics and Beyond

Bricker & Eckler and the Southern Illinois University School of Law will present a free webinar on June 8, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, discussing Name, Image & Likeness (NIL) and how it is being applied in collegiate athletics in Illinois. The webinar is presented by legal practitioners who regularly work with colleges and universities on…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes Cadwalader as a Leader in the Sports Law Field in Its Second Annual ‘100 Law Firms’ List

Hackney Publications has announced that its readers have identified Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP as one of a handful of law firms that are leaders in the sports law field in its annual Roster of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About.” Besides recognizing law firms for their achievements, the portal serves as a…
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