Russell-Cooke has appointed Joel Leigh as a partner in its dispute resolution group. Leigh is a highly experienced solicitor with a broad commercial disputes practice, acting across civil fraud, financial services, professional negligence, insurance, partnerships and sports law matters. His work frequently involves complex, high-value disputes with an international dimension. He has acted at all…
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Singapore Management University (SMU) Yong Pung How School of Law (YPHSL) has successfully defended its title at the Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM). In late April, SMU won LawInSport’s 7th annual international moot competition held at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The win on 24 April is SMU’s second consecutive SLAM championship,…
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100lawfirms.com is a portal that recognizes excellence and serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the sixth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” which is a directory that serves…
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In a provocative post this morning, Tim Nevius of dispute resolution provider Fair Sports (https://www.fairsports.org/) writes the following: “Eighteen Nebraska football players have reportedly challenged the College Sports Commission’s (CSC) rejection of their NIL agreements with PlayFly, Nebraska’s multimedia rights partner and a third-party sponsor. The contracts, reportedly worth more than $1 million collectively, were…
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By Christopher R. Deubert, Constangy, Senior Writer of Hackney Publications (Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted from Professional Sports and the Law) The NFL recently filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of an August 2025 decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that affirmed a lower court’s ruling that certain of…
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Hackney Publications (HP), the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, will publish its 6th annual list of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practice Groups You Need to Know About” on March 16. It won’t be easy identifying the top 100 for the portal, which recognizes excellence and serves as a resource for those…
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The magazine Fort Worth, Texas Magazine has recognized Christian Dennie of Dennie Sports Law as one of the Metroplex’s a “Top Attorneys” in its annual special issue. The recognition is based on peer-reviewed feedback. Dennie is the founder of Dennie Sports Law, a boutique law in Fort Worth firm that provides legal representation for conferences, teams,…
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FAIR Sports, a newly established arbitration and resolution forum for college athletes, has announced that Peter Carfagna and George Pyne have been added to its team. Peter Carfagna — Arbitrator / Mediator Peter is Chairman & CEO of Magis, LLC, a privately owned sports marketing, management, and investment company, and serves on the boards of…
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Professors use Sports Litigation Alert in the classroom primarily to supplement textbooks with current, real-world case studies, fostering better in-class discussion and allowing students to apply legal concepts to up-to-date issues. Key benefits for a professor include: Currency of Information: Textbooks can quickly become outdated in the fast-moving field of sports law. The bi-weekly Alert provides timely summaries…
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University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Business Law Dr. John Wendt has been selected to serve as a Judge for the international Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM). The SLAM is a world-class competition with the aim to promote greater knowledge of the values and rules of international sports arbitration,…
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