Holt Hackney

Missouri, Coalition of Attorneys General Obtain Injunction Halting Biden Administration Guidance on Bathrooms, Sports in Schools and Workplaces

July 25, 2022

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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Amid Scandal, WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon Retires, Issues Statement

July 23, 2022

“As I approach 77 years old, I feel it’s time for me to retire as Chairman and CEO of WWE. Throughout the years, it’s been a privilege to help WWE bring you joy, inspire you, thrill you, surprise you, and always entertain you. I would like to thank my family for mightily contributing to our…
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Ifrah Law At NFT.NYC: Insights and Discussions on NFT Gaming

July 22, 2022

In the third year following its inaugural event in 2019, NFT.NYC held its NFT.NYC conference from June 20th to June 23rd, 2022. And Ifrah Law was in attendance, alongside more than 15,000 other attendees in addition to the conference’s 1,500 speakers. Featuring educational programming and informational panels about various NFT-related topics across seven different venues…
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Cozen O’Connor Drops Sponsorship of Jason Kokrak After Golfer Joins LIV Golf

July 21, 2022

Law firm Cozen O’Connor has announced that it has ended its sponsorship of professional golfer Jason Kokrak, who recently announced that he was joining LIV Golf. “For the past two years, Cozen O’Connor sponsored professional golfer Jason Kokrak. In light of Mr. Kokrak’s affiliation with the new LIV Tour, we have mutually agreed he will…
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Sports Lawyer Robert Boland Joins Shumaker’s Sports Group in Of Counsel Role

July 20, 2022

Robert (Bob) Boland, who served five years in a first-of-its-kind national role as Penn State University’s Athletics Integrity Officer, will join Shumaker’s Hospitality, Sports and Leisure Business Sector in an Of Counsel Role. Boland is recognized as a national thought-leader in the emerging field of name, image and likeness (NIL), developing one of the nation’s…
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Nine More Student-Athletes Join Class-Action Suit Alleging Abuse on the University of San Francisco Baseball Team and Lack of Oversight by USF and the NCAA

July 18, 2022

Nine former University of San Francisco (USF) baseball players haver joined the class action lawsuit filed in March 2022 against their two (now former) baseball coaches, USF, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The players allege that USF coaches Anthony Giarratano and Troy Nakamura created an intolerable sexualized environment on the team over the…
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Wild Horse Advocacy Groups Call on Bureau of Land Management to Heed Science, Stop Wild Horse Roundup

July 16, 2022

A coalition of wild horse advocacy groups joined Friday in urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to heed a recent independent ecological assessment of the Piceance East Douglas Herd Management Area of Colorado and stop the planned roundup up, which will be the largest in state history. The report directly contradicts the BLM’s own claims that…
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Volleyball Coach’s Quick Departure at Grambling Leads to Chaos, Potential Litigation

July 15, 2022

Grambling State University Head Volleyball Coach Chelsey Lucas was barely at work six months when the school fired her. Specifically, Lucas was hired by the school, which is designated as one of the country’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), in February after coaching stints at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Alcorn…
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Sports Lawyers Association President Allison Rich Named Director of Athletics at UNH

July 14, 2022

University of New Hampshire President James W. Dean, Jr. announced earlier this week that Allison Rich, Esq., Ed.D. has been named the University of New Hampshire Director of Athletics. She succeeds Marty Scarano, who announced his retirement Nov. 22, 2021, and will finish his 22nd year this summer. Rich, who brings nearly three decades of…
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Opinion: Texas Should Legalize Sports Betting

July 12, 2022

A new report published by the Consumer Choice Center evaluates all 50 states on how consumer friendly their sports betting markets are. Unfortunately, with sports betting still illegal in Texas, Texas ranks dead last in the index. Texas, and the 14 other states who have maintained their ban on sports betting are in large part…
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Author: Holt Hackney