By Jonny Hart Clippers fans celebrated in 2019 when superstar Kawhi Leonard signed a contract with his hometown team just one month after leading the Toronto Raptors to their first-ever championship. But it was a different scene last week as the NBA announced severe punishments for Leonard, the Clippers and its owner, Steve Ballmer, for violating the…
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has added sports and entertainment attorney Eric Fishman to its Sports practice in its New York office, the firm announced. Fishman joins Hogan Lovells Cadwalader from ArentFox Schiff, where he served as co-leader of the firm’s Sports Industry Group. His practice includes representing professional athletes, sports agencies, media companies, leagues and investors…
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The Los Angeles Clippers are preparing to challenge some of the most severe penalties imposed on an NBA franchise after the league concluded that the team violated salary cap rules through arrangements that provided star Kawhi Leonard with millions of dollars in off-court income. The NBA announced Wednesday that the Clippers will forfeit five first-round…
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As students return to college campuses this month, athletic departments are confronting a growing compliance challenge: keeping track of athletes’ name, image and likeness activity beyond the department’s direct control. Compliance administrators must determine whether athletes are fulfilling contractual obligations, properly reporting NIL activity and engaging with brands, agents and other third parties in ways…
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The Nashville Predators have entered into a multiyear partnership with personal injury law firm Wettermark Keith that includes naming rights to the television studio used for locally produced broadcasts of the NHL team’s road games. The agreement comes as the Predators begin a new local television arrangement with Scripps Sports that will make games available…
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The Tampa Bay Rays have secured key government approvals for a new ballpark and surrounding mixed-use development in Tampa, moving the Major League Baseball franchise closer to establishing a long-term home in the region. The Tampa City Council and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners approved agreements connected to the project, which calls for a…
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(Editor’s Note: Below is Part 1 of an exclusive interview with the leader of USI Insurance Services’ sports coverage, Shalom Siniula) By Holt Hackney Competing as a professional rugby player, Shalom Suniula knew all about adjusting on the fly to help his teammates secure a victory. Little did he know when he joined USI Insurance…
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(Editor’s Note: The following column was written for Sports Litigation Alert by veteran sports lawyer Len Simon, who was recently named a senior writer for Hackney Publications.) Have you heard about the Protect College Sports Act? The massive piece of legislation which is supposed to fix everything that’s wrong with college sports? Do you favor…
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In a new study from Mass General Brigham, Boston University (BU), and the Concussion & CTE Foundation, researchers found evidence that at least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of death, a much higher prevalence compared with the general population. Researchers…
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has named Katreshia Louis-Verrett, J.D., its director of intercollegiate athletics, the university announced. Louis-Verrett, currently deputy athletic director at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will begin her new role Sept. 1. She will oversee 17 intercollegiate athletics teams involving more than 300 student-athletes and nearly 50 coaches…
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