(Editor’s Note: Shared from the latest Sports Litigation Alert, this original, bylined article is an example of one of the five case summaries and eight to ten articles that appear in each Alert. Hackney Publications provides subscriptions to the Alert, which publishes every two weeks, to libraries, law firms, professors and students at various rates.…
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Hogan Lovells has announced that Denver partner Matt Eisler has been named a “Sports, Gaming, and Entertainment Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal. The annual list recognizes legal professionals who have made significant marks on the practice, policy, and advancements of sports, gaming, and entertainment law. As head of Hogan Lovells’s Global Sports practice, Eisler…
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Kirkland & Ellis advised Iconic Sports on its investment in London-based group Eagle Football, which acquired a significant controlling stake in Olympique Lyonnais Groupe SA. This transaction creates one of the largest professional football groups in the world with interests in Olympique Lyonnais, Crystal Palace, Botafogo and RWD Molenbeek. The Kirkland team was led by…
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Hackney Publications announced today that it has published its latest segment of the Sports Law Expert Podcast, with future releases set to be distributed on January 30 and February 15. Today’s guest is sports lawyer Robert (Bob) Wallace, chairman of Thompson Coburn’s Sports Law Practice. The segment can be heard here: https://anchor.fm/holt-hackney/episodes/A-visit-with-Sports-Lawyer-Bob-Wallace–of-Thompson-Coburn-e1sei66 “Bob is a…
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Female student-athletes at Michigan State University capped a two-year battle against their school on Friday by securing an agreement guaranteeing that MSU will undergo a comprehensive Gender Equity Review, create a Gender Equity Plan, and bring all aspects of its intercollegiate athletic program into full Title IX compliance by the end of the 2026-2027 school…
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Kevin Warren, a sports lawyer who rose within the ranks of the Minnesota Vikings (initially in the GC’s office) before assuming the Commissioner job at the Big Ten Conference, has moved back to the NFL. Specifically, Warren was named President of the Chicago Bears. Predictably, the conference was disappointed, but wished him well nonetheless. In…
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Cozen O’Connor has announced its sponsorship of LPGA and PGA tour golfers Ally Ewing and Brendon Todd for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Ewing and Todd each have three prestigious tour victories under their belt, as well as numerous top ten finishes. “Ally and Brendon bring an are successful, family oriented professionals whose ambitious style…
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The new International Consortium on Female Sport(ICFS) launched globally, debuting January 9, 2023, as the preeminent international lobby group to advocate for the preservation of the female sport category worldwide. This comes at a time when more international governing sports bodies, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), are opening female sport to male competitors. “Fifty…
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The Sports & Fitness Industry Association(SFIA) has announced the re-election of Rawleigh Grove, the Vice President & General Counsel of PING Inc., to its board. The election took place at SFIA’s Annual Meeting on December 15, 2022. Also elected was Jonathan Ram, Chief Executive Officer, Clarks, Inc. as Chairman of the SFIA Board of Directors for the…
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Michael A. Ross, the Department Chair, an Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Shorter University, and a PhD student at Troy University, has been named a Senior Writer for the Journal of NCAA Compliance (JONC). Ross, who specializes in research related to youth sport studies, leadership, sport law, social media policies and procedures within interscholastic…
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