Hackney Publications has announced the availability of a recent interview with the highly regarded sports law team at Shumaker – Bennett Speyer, Robert Boland, and Bart Lambergman – 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…
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Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05), chair of the bipartisan College Sports Caucus and Vice Chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Education and the Workforce Committee, has introduced H.R.5693, the PROTECT Act, “to prevent private equity from taking control of college sports or leveraging future athletics revenues and other assets as collateral for private and foreign…
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UMass Lowell has announced the return of Zach Leach as Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and NIL Integration. Leach previously served as the university’s Director of NCAA Compliance from 2019 to 2022. He returns to the River Hawks after three years at Holy Cross, where he held the role of Assistant Director of Athletics for…
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Global sports, music and entertainment company Wasserman has appointed Christa D’Alimonte as Chief Legal Officer. Mike Pickles, Wasserman’s current Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel will be retiring from the company and will assist with D’Alimonte’s transition into the role through the end of the year. Based in Wasserman’s New York office, D’Alimonte’s first day…
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Carla Varriale-Barker, Chair of the Sports, Recreation and Entertainment Practice Group at Segal McCambridge, and Jeffrey Levine, Associate Clinical Professor in Department of Sport Business at Drexel University, are among those who will be speaking at the annual ABA Sports and Entertainment Forum in Las Vegas on October 23-25, 2025. Varriale-Barker and Levine will be…
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On behalf of Robert “Cary” McNair, Jr., the Buzbee Law Firm has initiated a lawsuit seeking more than $100 million in New York Supreme Court against the National Football League for alleged tortious interference with contract. The filing stems from an alleged conspiracy between Houston Texans Owner’s Rep Cal McNair and the NFL wherein the…
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(Editor’s Note: Special from Sports Litigation Alert.) By Katelyn Kohler The transformation of collegiate athletics due to NIL rights, the transfer portal, and evolving institutional frameworks was front and center at the 2025 Sports Lawyers Association Annual Conference. In The New Advisors – Representing the Future Athlete, panelists Alanna Hernandez (EVP, Business Affairs and Operations, Team Sports…
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Ropes & Gray advised the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in a multi-year multimedia rights agreement establishing Van Wagner as the exclusive corporate marketing and sponsorship sales representative for the NABC and NABC Foundation. Under the agreement, Van Wagner will oversee the NABC and NABC Foundation’s official corporate marketing and sponsorship program, including activation with key…
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Spencer Fane attorney Peter Goplerud was recently quoted in an MLive.com article examining the ongoing controversy surrounding Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker. In the piece, The $75 Million Legal Questions of a Potential Michigan State-Mel Tucker Split, Goplerud spoke with MLive’s Kyle Austin about the costly payout the university might have to make to…
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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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