A Katten team led by Sports and Sports Facilities Partner and Co-Chair Daniel Render acted as legal advisor to Blue Owl HomeCourt Partners’ fund (HomeCourt), a division of Blue Owl’s GP Strategic Capital platform in connection with its purchase of a minority stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers. HomeCourt, which partnered with the NBA in 2020…
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Denver Summit FC, Colorado’s National Women’s Soccer League franchise, in the development of its training facility and interim stadium in Centennial and continues to advise the club on development of its permanent home stadium and adjacent mixed-use district in Denver’s Santa Fe Yards area. Denver Real Estate Shareholders Kevin H. Kelley…
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised NJ/NY Gotham FC in an agreement with New York City FCunder which Gotham FC will play its home matches at Etihad Park beginning in 2028. The agreement, announced this week by the clubs, will make Gotham FC a primary tenant at the new soccer-specific stadium in Queens. The move…
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The move will disrupt a textbook publishing industry that has been charging students exorbitant fees without any checks and balances. Hackney Publications announced today that it has published a free textbook for instructors who teach sports law at the undergraduate level. The text, Sports Law Basics, is meant to accomplish two things, according to Holt Hackney,…
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Barnes & Thornburg has expanded its Entertainment, Media and Sports practice by adding partners Christina S. Chang, Carron Joan Mitchell and Farrah Usmani from Nixon Peabody. Chang and Mitchell joined the firm’s Los Angeles office, while Usmani joined the Nashville office. The three attorneys bring experience across entertainment, media, sports, intellectual property and corporate law,…
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By Anna Giambelluca, Esq. Sports law presents a built-in teaching challenge. The field itself evolves quickly—courts are almost constantly addressing questions about athlete rights, institutional liability, gender equity, labor relations, and league authority. Yet the primary teaching tool in many classrooms remains the textbook, which is effectively frozen in time at the moment it is…
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Hackney Publications (HP), the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced today that it will provide subscribers of Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics with a complimentary subscription to NIL Institutional Report. “This made sense, given that the subject matter we are reporting on in these publications is different, yet is intertwined in a myriad of…
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The Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) recognized its top scholars, students, and professionals at the annual Honors and Awards Luncheon held during the 2026 SRLA Conference in New Orleans. The ceremony celebrated outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and service within the sport and recreation law community. Conference organizers opened the event by thanking attendees and…
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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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(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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