The Student Sports Law Network (SSLN) officially announced its formation today with a mission of becoming the nation’s premiere network for law students interested in a career in sports law. After a soft launch earlier this summer, the organization has grown to more than 200 law students from 75 law schools in seven countries, making…
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Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announced earlier this week that Major League Baseball has named Michele Meyer-Shipp as its Chief People & Culture Officer. In this capacity, Meyer-Shipp will oversee all of MLB’s human resources activities, including talent processes and programs, workplace culture, and diversity and inclusion. Meyer-Shipp also will oversee all off-field…
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Many athletic department officials believe what they are hearing through the media from pharmaceutical companies hyping their stock and the Administration praying for a miracle. A vaccine is coming or so the theory goes. At the very least, schools can stage athletics in the spring. Or can they? There are really two parts to the…
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DUGGAN BERTSCH, LLC has announced that one of its partners, sports lawyer Timothy Liam Epstein, has been named one of Billboard Magazine’s top music lawyers of 2020 for his work on behalf of clients in the live entertainment space. Tim is one of the featured attorneys in the introductory piece discussing how he has helped…
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O’Melveny represented WFC LA/Angel City in securing the exclusive right to bring a professional women’s soccer team to Los Angeles. The team’s official name and venue partner will be announced before the end of 2020, with the inaugural season set to kick off in spring 2022 as part of the National Women’s Soccer League. WFC…
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The United Steelworkers (USW) union announced yesterday its full support for a legislative framework for a comprehensive College Athletes’ Bill of Rights put forth by U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). In a letter to members of the U.S. Senate, USW International President Tom Conway urged senators to support the framework, which includes proposals to allow athletes to secure…
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The LEAD1 Association (LEAD1), which represents the athletics directors of the 130 member schools of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), praised NCAA President Mark Emmert who, this week, went before the Senate Judiciary Committee and expressed support for an independent entity (outside of the NCAA) to regulate student-athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation. In…
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Jackson Lewis P.C. will host a webinar on August 6, from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST, that addresses the most challenging issues facing colleges and universities for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester — campus safety, risk mitigation, and sports. To register, go here. The speakers for the webinar from the firm’s collegiate and professional…
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By Andrew Silver, of Ifrah Law (Editor’s Note: Andrew Silver is an attorney at Ifrah Law, which publishes My Legal Bookie, a periodical that is available on a complimentary basis, which tracks the intersection of sports betting, gaming, and the law.) If someone had told you at the beginning of 2020 that, by March, global…
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The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) has worked with a select task force of industry professionals to create the first version of the COVID-19 Considerations for Sport and Entertainment Venues and Events. In the infancy stage of understanding COVID-19 implications and the lack of a traditional…
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