Seattle Mariners President of Business Operations Kevin Martinez has announced that Melissa Robertson has been promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the organization. Robertson will report directly to Martinez and joins the club’s senior leadership team. Fred Rivera, who had been serving as General Counsel, is transitioning to a Special Advisor role…
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As the recent surge of institutional capital and private equity (PE) funding continues to reshape the sports finance landscape, panelists at the 2025 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium at Villanova will discuss the evolving methods of investing in sports as an asset class in a half-day program, Investing in Sports: The Future of…
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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 Zavian Swan Defining Competition in Modern Times The question at hand—what constitutes a sport—has sparked considerable debate. To ground this discussion, we must first define the term “sport.” Is chess a sport? What about breakdancing, the recently recognized Olympic event? While there is little controversy over classifying basketball as a sport, the boundaries blur…
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Spencer Fane LLP has announced the hire of sports lawyer Brian Schoenborn to its Corporate and Business Transactions practice group. Based in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Schoenborn has deep expertise at the intersection of business law and estate planning. In addition to counseling families and private businesses, he has notably been an owner and board member…
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Marc M. Stern, a partner in Greenberg Glusker’s Private Client Services Group, provided insights to WealthManagement.com on the ongoing family legal battle over control of the San Diego Padres. An excerpt follows: While without additional facts, it’s difficult to tell which side will prevail, said Marc M. Stern, a partner in the Private Client Services Group at Greenberg…
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Hackney Publications announced today a client referral program, leveraging 25 years of editing and publishing experience in the sports law field to pair potential legal clients with sports lawyers. Those “friends of Hackney Publications,” defined as subscribers and sponsors, will receive notification when a potential legal client reaches out through Sportslawexpert.com (https://sportslawexpert.com/seeking-a-sports-lawyer/) as well as…
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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 Texas Rangers are seeking a new Senior Vice President, General Counsel. According to the team, The General Counsel will report to the Majority Owner of the Texas Rangers and provide both business-focused legal advice to stakeholders across the Club and litigation assistance to outside counsel as needed. The General Counsel’s primary focus will be…
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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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