Holt Hackney

Former AD: College Athletic Programs Must Not Evade Title IX Obligations Critical to Female Athletes’ Success in Monetizing New NIL Rights

October 15, 2021

Donna Lopiano, former University of Texas AD and a leader for women’s rights in collegiate athletics, recently sent out the following missive in her role as President of the Drake Group. “Newly enacted laws give college athletes the opportunity to earn substantial incomes by monetizing their names, images and likenesses (NILs) through product endorsements, appearances…
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Hackney Publications Announces Sports Fitness Industry and the Law Publication with SFIA

October 14, 2021

Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, today announced the creation of a new publication for the sports industry designed to keep sports and fitness brands, suppliers, retailers, and their partners abreast of legal and risk-management issues in the sports and fitness industry. Sports Fitness Industry and the Law, created in partnership…
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NFL and Premier League Discuss Player Health and Safety, Issue Statement

October 13, 2021

The National Football League (NFL) and the Premier League held a joint medical conference in London today to discuss “their latest advancements in player health and safety and to share best practices for analyzing, treating, and preventing injuries among elite athletes.” Led by a group of the leagues’ physicians, injury prevention specialists and epidemiologists, the…
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SRLA Announces In-Person Annual Meeting in Atlanta in February

October 11, 2021

The Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) will hold its annual meeting in Atlanta February 23-26, 2022. The Association, which represents sports law professors typically teaching at the undergraduate level, went virtual with its 2021 conference because of COVID. The in-person conference will be held at the Renaissance Atlanta Midtown. SRLA‘s mission it “to further…
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Former Chair of Sports Law section of the Association of American Law Schools Get Promotion at Chapman University

October 10, 2021

Effective Dec. 1, 2021, Matt Parlow, dean of the Fowler School of Law and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law, will serve as Chapman University’s new executive vice president and chief advancement officer. Parlow comes to the role with distinguished achievements, first as a professor at Fowler School of Law from 2005 to 2008, then as…
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With COVID-19 in Retreat, Tiger Stadium Lifts Protocols

October 9, 2021

With COVID-19 in full retreat, LSU announced it will lift its COVID-19 entrance protocols for football games in Tiger Stadium, beginning with the Tigers’ Oct. 16 game against Florida. In accordance with state and campus guidelines, all guests will still be required to wear masks in the indoor areas of the stadium. “The COVID-19 rates…
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Judgment for Pop Warner in Concussion Case

October 7, 2021

By Anthony B. Corleto and Philip Robert Brinson, of Gordon & Rees (The following appeared as one of 13 articles in the latest Sports Litigation Alert, the industry’s leading sports law periodical for almost two decades. Subscriptions are available here.) By unanimous opinion, a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed summary judgment against chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“CTE”)…
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John Tortora Named Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Club

October 6, 2021

The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that John Tortora has been named the club’s Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. A graduate of Seton Hall University, where he earned both his bachelor’s and JD, Tortora has spent the previous decade in various executive roles with the San Jose Sharks, ascending to Co-President before his…
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Sports Lawyer Fred Nance Gets Nod in Savoy Magazine’s 2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors List

October 5, 2021

Frederick R. Nance, a member of RPM International Inc. Board of Directors, has been named to Savoy Magazine’s 2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors list. Nance has served as global managing partner of Squire Patton Boggs (U.S.) LLP since 2017, heading 45 offices across 20 countries, as well as the firm’s U.S. Sports & Entertainment…
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National Sports Law Institute’s Annual Fall Sports Law Conference Set for October 15

October 4, 2021

The National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School will present its annual fall conference on Friday, October 15. It will feature Perspectives from members of our Sports Law Alumni Association who teach sports law and sports management at various universities around the country. The conference will cover a wide range of topics, from gender equity issues…
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Author: Holt Hackney