(Editor’s Note: What follows is an excerpt from a case summary that appeared in a recent Sports Litigation Alert. To subscribe, please visit the Alert homepage.) A federal judge from the District of Arizona has denied mots of a motion to dismiss filed by Arizona State University (ASU), its athletic director, and the Arizona Board…
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Dr. John Malmo has been appointed as the Christian Brothers University faculty athletics representative (FAR), the department announced on Friday, Aug. 5. Malmo, who is the Chair of Management and Marketing, will serve as the liaison between the faculty and athletics department, and will work with President Archer to ensure academic integrity and the welfare of student-athletes. He…
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Attorney Kacie Kergides of Montgomery McCracken participated in the 73rd Annual National Athletic Trainers’ Association Clinical Symposia & AT Expo where she sat on a panel discussing the legal issues surrounding concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) along with sexual misconduct liability for athletic trainers. Kergides’ session, “Staying Court- side and Out of Court: What…
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Sports Law Partners John Long and Gregg E. Clifton will present a joint Federal Bar Association (FBA) webinar on collegiate sports and student-athlete unionization on August 17 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The 2-hour presentation will cover the efforts of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) transformation committee, and its impact on the reconfiguration of…
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Richard Giller, a well-known sports lawyer with Greenspoon Marder, has been recognized withThe American Lawyer magazine’s 2022 West Trailblazer award. The award recognizes lawyers who have “moved the needle in the legal industry,” and are “truly agents of change” in the listed states. He was one of only 46 lawyers of the 280,000+ active licensed attorneys…
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A team of Russian researchers have found professional athletes to perform better against their former clubs. At least in some circumstances, emotions seem to have a greater effect on their performance than knowledge of the opponent’s tactics. The study’s findings are published in the Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics and may be useful for…
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By Katelyn Schuh, GW Law 2L (Editor’s Note: the following is shared from Sports Litigation Alert, the nation’s leading sports law periodical.) On April 5, 2021, AviaGames Inc. filed a motion to dismiss Skillz Platform Inc.’s initial complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim for patent infringement based…
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The Esports Law Show, hosted by Ellen M. Zavian, has posted its second episode, featuring attorney David Alfrey, who discusses human rights issues inn the industry. The show is described as the place where sports, law, and business merge in a conversation that asks the questions we just don’t have the answers for yet…but still…
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Transcend Capital Advisors announced yesterday a multi-year name, image, and likeness (NIL) partnership with 18-year-old amateur golfer Caleb Surratt, currently ranked #29 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). Surratt has had seven straight top-ten finishes in amateur events this year and was previously the number-one ranked junior golfer in the world, according to the…
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Earlier this month, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, along with a coalition of twenty attorneys general led by Tennessee, obtained a preliminary injunction halting the Biden Administration’s guidance that would change Title VII and Title IX’s definition of “sex” to include “gender identity” relating to separation of bathrooms and sports in schools, and pronouns in…
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