As chairman of the Thompson Coburn’s Sports Law Group, Robert “Bob” Wallace successfully represents teams and prospective buyers of sports teams, as well as companies interested in sports marketing and civic and government entities facing team relocation or facility issues. Wallace has built his successful practice on a foundation of more than 30 years of…
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By Linda A. Sharp, J.D. There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. — Jean Giraudoux 1882-1944 Those of us who teach sport law know that it is a demanding discipline pedagogically. Not only must we have a command of basic legal principles in a variety of substantive areas, e.g.,…
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The Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) has announced it will hold its 33rd annual conference on March 4-7, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. By way of background, SRLA serves academicians and practitioners in private and public sport and recreation settings. Its members have diverse educational and experiential backgrounds and represent a variety of occupations and interests. They…
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The latest issue of Sports Litigation Alert features a wide swath of legal articles from the sports industry as is typical for the nation leading sports law periodical. To subscribe, visit www.sportslitigationalert.com Case Summaries Judge Denies Defendants’ Bid to Exclude Expert in Products Liability Case NBA Pension Plan Defeats Stale Claim Magistrate Judge Sides With…
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Tulane University’s nationally recognized Sports Law Program will now be led by the nation’s first fully endowed professorship dedicated to sports law – Professor Gabe Feldman. Alumni and longtime supporters Leopold and Karen Sher and James and Tracie Garner have endowed the Sher Garner Professorship in Sports Law. The professorship will be held by Professor…
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Former Major League Baseball Commissioner and Distinguished Professor of Sports in America at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Allan H. (Bud) Selig will have a public fireside chat and book signing at ASU Law to launch his new book “For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the…
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The National Sports Law Institute (NSLI) will host its annual fall conference, entitled “Thirty Years of Sports Law” at Marquette University Law School on October 18. The conference will begin at 9 am and adjourn at approximately 5:30 pm, followed by a reception. The conference will provide an overview of the development of the law…
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The Supreme Court of Utah took a novel approach to “exceptions to liability arising out of sports injuries” when it affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss the claim of an injured basketball player who sued another basketball player whose actions led to his injury. In essence, the high court adopted its own version of…
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With the fall semester, Sports Litigation Alert celebrates its tenth year of being a staple in the Sports Law classroom, where professors and instructors use it as a replacement for expensive textbooks, or at least a supplement for the textbook, which is frequently dated by the time it is published. For background purposes, the Alert…
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Josh Lens, a clinical assistant professor of recreation and sport management in the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation at the University of Arkansas, wrote an article recently about the ramifications of agents who represent college coaches and recruit student-athletes from the coaches’ programs. The Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal published the article…
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