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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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 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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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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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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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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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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MSG Network took off the gloves Friday and attacked Comcast with a press release, which follows: “Despite our best efforts to reach a new agreement, Comcast has chosen to drop MSG Networks from its Xfinity channel lineup (primarily in New Jersey and Connecticut) leaving devoted fans of the New York Knicks, New Jersey Devils, New…
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Yesterday, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum to all Field offices providing updated guidance regarding her position that certain Players at Academic Institutions (sometimes referred to as student athletes), are employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and, as such, are afforded all statutory protections. The memo further advises that, where…
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The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced today the selection of Tamika L. Tremaglio as its next Executive Director, succeeding Michele Roberts upon her retirement at the end of the year. Tremaglio will be retiring as the Managing Principal of Deloitte’s Greater Washington practice, where she has served as a trusted advisor and consultant to…
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