By Gregg E. Clifton After a lengthy period of deliberation and the filing of numerous objections and letters from concerned individuals, Northern District of California Judge Claudia Wilken has now threatened to reject the House v. NCAA settlement because of the issue of roster limits that are currently part of the deal. As part of her five-page…
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Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the fifth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in the sports industry who need experienced and capable legal counsel. The law firms are listed alphabetically, a testament to the difficulty in actually…
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By Alyssa Rodriguez and Gregg E. Clifton West Virginia joins Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri in an effort to protect the state’s student-athletes and potentially prevent the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) from enforcing rules related to Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) and athlete compensation. West Virginia state lawmakers are the latest to join in and advance…
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SportsCastr Inc. (D/B/A PANDA Interactive), a sports streaming and betting technology company, has announced that it has filed amended complaints against Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI) and Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD), adding parallel antitrust claims to its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit. The complaint asserts that both Defendants have unlawfully tied access to the official sports data they…
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The Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) has announced that Chance Miller, the Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation at Coastal Carolina University, will be its keynote speaker for the 38th annual SRLA Conference, being held February 26 to March 1 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The association also announced that it has…
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The Knight Commission has produced a resource explaining the proposed House v. NCAA settlement. The settlement is both complex and not well understood, yet the implementation of that settlement will have profound impacts on all Division I athletics programs and universities, and more broadly will drive a new operational model for Division I college sports. The Commission…
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Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced today the continued refinement of teaching tools, which can be used with Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been integrated in sports law classrooms for more than 15 years. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes in that the legal developments highlighted…
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Frequently, we at Hackney Publications get emails from prospective clients, who are looking for sports law attorneys. IF you are a subscriber, and would like to have your hat thrown into the ring with this client, email HP at hhackney@hackneypublications.com “Hello, we are looking for an attorney to help My Daughter who is at a…
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The Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA), whose mission is to further the study and dissemination of information regarding legal aspects of sport and recreation, announced today that it has published Safe at First, making it available through its distribution partner, Hackney Publications, at https://pubs.hackneypublications.com/SRLA/subscribe.html “This is the most detailed risk management guide ever written…
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By Charles Anzalone The recent settlement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Power Five conferences paving the way for schools to pay student-athletes is no less than a “watershed moment in the history of collegiate athletics,” says University of Buffalo sports law expert Helen “Nellie” Drew. The landmark agreement is new, so it…
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