Kevin Acklin has joined the Pittsburgh Penguins as senior vice president and general counsel, David Morehouse, the team’s president and CEO, announced recently. Acklin, 42, most recently worked as Chief Legal Officer for Peoples Natural Gas Company. Before that he was Chief of Staff and Chief Development Officer for Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto from 2013-17.…
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(Editor’s note: The following case summary involving the New York Mets appeared recently in Sports Litigation Alert (www.sportslitigationalert.com), the nation’s leading sports law periodical, which publishes once every two weeks and features a searchable archive of more than 2,500 summaries and bylined articles. Representing the Mets owners was Carla Varriale, who besides being a partner…
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Phillips Nizer (http://www.phillipsnizer.com) has announced that Edward H. Schauder, a veteran sports lawyer, has been hired to lead that firm’s sports law practice. Schauder joins the firm as a partner in its New York City office after departing Steiner Sports, where he served as general counsel and executive vice president of licensing for the sports…
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(Editor’s Note: The following appeared in Sports Litigation Alert, the nation’s leading sports law periodical, featuring dozens of relevant case summaries and expert articles. To learn more, visit www.sportslitigationalert.com) The Golden State Warriors have announced that they have promoted David Kelly to Chief Legal Officer, Business and Basketball. Kelly will continue to report to Warriors…
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Bob Wallace, the chair of Thompson Coburn’s sports law group, has launched a podcast focused on sports law and business issues. After the Buzzer aims to provide “smart, probative discussions about issues that impact sports or that sports impacts,” according to the firm. Bob Wallace “We hope to discuss topics and issues beyond the score, beyond the…
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(Editor’s Note: The following appeared in Sports Litigation Alert, the nation’s leading sports law periodical, featuring dozens of relevant case summaries and expert articles. To learn more, visit www.sportslitigationalert.com) The Alliance of American Football (AAF) has named David Cohen as head of player operations for the league. In this role, he will work closely with…
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(The following article appeared over the summer in Sports Litigation Alert. The Alert offers subscribers the industry’s most extensive searchable archive of sports law-specific case summaries and bylined articles.) Jenner & Block partner Michael J. Nelson has represented sports clients at the professional, collegiate and high-school levels in concussion, contract, name-image-likeness, licensing, antitrust, TV rights…
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With gambling always a major issue in the sports industry and the Raiders contemplating a move to sin city, Las Vegas would seem to be the perfect destination for the annual Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries. And then there’s some stellar panels, which are detailed below. If interested in attending the conference, which…
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Pepperdine University Sports Law Professor Maureen Arellano Weston has been elected to the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) Board of Directors. Professor Weston joins a prestigious group of 36 leading sports lawyers, sport industry professionals, and sports law professors. She will also serve as Vice-Chair of the Annual Conference Committee. SLA is a non-profit, international, professional…
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THE FOLLOWING RECENTLY APPEARED IN SPORTS LITIGATION ALERT (Editor’s Note: To say Bob Latham is passionate about rugby would be an understatement. Besides being the chairman of USA Rugby, the Jackson Walker partner sits on the International Rugby Board Council, the IRB Executive Committee, and chairs the IRB Regulations Committee. We wanted to learn more…
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