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SEC Announced Addition of ASU Sports Law Alum

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey has announced the addition of Marcus Bishop as Assistant Director of Competition to the SEC staff. Bishop joins the SEC from the Sun Belt Conference where he served as Director of Championships, with a primary focus on tennis, cross country and track and field championships. He was previously Director of…
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Professor John Wendt Authors Article on Horse Racing Doping Sweep

University of St Thomas Department of Ethics and Business Law Professor Emeritus John Wendt authored an article published in Sports Litigation Alert Dec. 16. In “Racing to the Finish: The Close of the Federal Horse Racing Doping Sweep,” Wendt analyzes court cases against a veterinarian who was accused of working in a horse doping operation.…
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Sports Law Expert Podcast Spotlights Sports Lawyer Matthew E. Eisler of Hogan Lovells

Hackney Publications announced today that it has published its latest recording on Sports Law Expert – a Podcast, with future releases set to be distributed on December 30 and January 15. Today’s guest is sports lawyer Matthew E. Eisler of Hogan Lovells, partner, and global head of the firm’s Sports group. The segment can be…
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NCAA Announces Governor Charlie Baker to be Next President

(From the NCAA) The NCAA announced yesterday that Charlie Baker, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will serve as the next NCAA President, assuming the role effective March 2023. A former collegiate athlete at Harvard, Governor Baker is credited with bringing bipartisan leadership to the state, successfully guiding Massachusetts through an exceptionally turbulent period…
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Sports Law Program at Tulane Taps Alumni Expertise with Advisory Board

By Alina Hernandez The world of sports is in the midst of rapid change – from the increasing uses and evolution of technology to the many issues raised by Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rules, to the growth in women’s sports – and it is hard to keep up. Tulane Law School’s top-ranked Sports Law…
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Esports Law Podcast Publishes with Interview of Leo Bernard, the Chief Technology Officer at Iorys

The highly respected Esports Law Podcast released its latest episode on November 15, which features Leo Bernard, the Chief Technology Officer at Iorys. To listen to the current and future episodes, visit https://open.spotify.com/show/4WkaK71gr5w1sTAj5r5p4y Iorys is a Technology provider company, offering IT Solutions for Banks, Payment & E-Money firms. Bernard, in particular, is in charge of…
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Sports Lawyer Named Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance at Ohio

The Ohio Athletics has announced the addition of Michael Gray as Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance. Gray comes to Ohio with seven years of NCAA Division I compliance experience. Gray, who earned his Juris Doctorate from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky in 2015, spent four years at Northern Kentucky, most recently…
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Bailey & Galyen Announces Partnership with the Texas Rangers

Bailey & Galyen has announced a two-year business relationship with Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers, designating the legal practice as the Official Law Firm Partner of the Rangers. The deal includes entitlement of the Suite Level at Globe Life Field, presence on the Rangers’ digital platforms and in-stadium signage, as well as the Texas Rangers…
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Professor Maintains that Trans Athletes Causing Serious Injuries to Girls

A second M2F transgender athlete has caused serious and possibly permanent injuries to a biological female opponent, this time in a hockey tournament where a much larger and more heavily muscled player crashed into a much smaller opponent, notes public interest law professor John Banzhaf, who says risk of serious injury creates a new strong…
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Hackney Publications Introduces Tools that Make Sports Litigation Alert a Powerful Resource in the Sports Law Classroom

hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced new tools are being added to Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been used in sports law classrooms for more than 15 years, which will make it even more useful for professors and their college students. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes…
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