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Sports Law Expert Podcast Interviews Attorney TaRonda Randall of Husch Blackwell About Collegiate Athletics

June 5, 2026

Hackney Publications has announced the availability of a recent interview with the TaRonda Randall, a leading sports lawyer with Husch Blackwell (https://www.huschblackwell.com/), on the Sports Law Expert Podcast. The segment, which features a free-flowing and timely discussion about collegiate athletics as well as other topics, can be heard here – https://open.spotify.com/episode/1RINifAw7X3zguPaGLWL25?si=zQ09QhNOQey_JE6oQofDBA. “TaRonda is an emerging…
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Skillman Guides BSK as It Assists Colleges and Universities Through the Turmoil that Is Collegiate Athletics

April 27, 2026

(Editor’s Note: The following is shared from the pages of the April issue of Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics.) Bond Schoeneck & King (BSK) is a preeminent law firm in collegiate athletics, where its reputation quite naturally precedes itself. That reputation was decades in the making, nurtured primarily by two high-profile sports lawyers – Mike…
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Toledo Law Graduate Named School’s Associate Athletic Director of Compliance

April 23, 2026

The University of Toledo has announced the appointment of Lauren Best-Hovermale as Associate Athletic Director of Compliance. Best-Hovermale, a 2021 UToledo College of Law graduate, joins the Rockets following five years of service in the athletics compliance office at Bowling Green State University. Best-Hovermale also served as an athletics compliance extern at Toledo in 2020-21.…
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U.S. Senator Calls on Congress to Fix College Sports

April 20, 2026

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has penned an op-ed that calls on Congress to fix college athletics to protect students from exploitation and set them up for success. Last week, Cassidy led a full Committee hearing with former student-athletes and university officials discussing…
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Hackney Publications Refreshes Its Directory of ‘100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About’

March 18, 2026

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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Cincinnati Is Testing the Limits of Liquidated Damages in Federal Court in NIL Case

March 17, 2026

(Editor’s Note: What follows is an exclusive article from Sports Litigation Alert written by Landis Barber is an attorney at Safran Law Offices. The Alert publishes 24 times a year, and subscribers have access to a searchable archive of 6,000 case summaries and articles.) The University of Cincinnati has filed a breach of contract action…
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Former UM Athletes Sue to Push Boundaries for NIL Comp Past 2016; Expert Weighs In

March 10, 2026

(The following is shared from Sports Litigation Alert, which publishes 24 times a year, and features a searchable archive of more than 6,000 articles and case summaries.) By Luke Price Four former University of Michigan football players have filed a proposed class action seeking to extend the reach of name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) compensation…
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Remy: ‘Turning Back the Clock’ in College Athletics Will Not Work

March 9, 2026

By Donald Remy College athletics has always been a uniquely American institution. Yesterday, that institution again found itself at the center of a conversation with a sitting United States President. A roundtable of roughly 50 leaders from government, athletics, broadcasting, business, and higher education met at the White House to hear a familiar message. The status quo…
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Colleges and Universities Face ‘Significant Penalties’ as NCAA Focuses on Transfer Process Tampering

March 6, 2026

By Bernard G. Dennis, III & Jason S. Kaner Takeaways The NCAA has made enforcement of tampering rules a priority and warned institutions that violations will lead to “significant penalties,” reaffirming restrictions on unauthorized contact with student-athletes. The Division I Football Oversight Committee recommended emergency legislation imposing strict penalties on schools that circumvent the transfer process. The…
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Leading Law Firm in the Gaming Space Ifrah Law Adds Licensing & Compliance Specialist

March 3, 2026

Ifrah Law has announced the appointment of Kyra Pulliam as Licensing & Compliance Specialist at the firm. Prior to joining the firm, Pulliam served as Senior U.S. Licensing & Regulatory Coordinator at Better Collective, a global sports betting and iGaming affiliate network, where she managed licensing applications with regulatory authorities, developed tracking procedures for regulatory…
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