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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Seton Hall University will hold its Fifth Annual Sports Law Symposium on Thursday, Februrary 27, 2025, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The event is presented by the Seton Hall Law School Gaming, Hospitality, Entertainment & Sports (GHamES) Initiative and the Entertainment & Sports Law Society. WHERE Seton Hall University School of Law, One Newark Center, Newark,…
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The Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) has announced that Chance Miller, the Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation at Coastal Carolina University, will be its keynote speaker for the 38th annual SRLA Conference, being held February 26 to March 1 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The association also announced that it has…
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Jane McGill, of Church Church Hittle and Antrim, recently gained admission to the Indiana Bar. Already licensed in Virginia, the additional admission will allow McGill to provide “even more value to CCHA’s Sports Law and Higher Education clients, complementing her extensive experience and specialized knowledge,” according to the firm. Having served as an NCAA Compliance…
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Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced today the continued refinement of teaching tools, which can be used with Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been integrated in sports law classrooms for more than 15 years. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes in that the legal developments highlighted…
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The University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business is has announced that alumnus Stephen M. Schanwald ‘77, former Executive Vice President of Business Operations with the Chicago Bulls and a trailblazer in sports marketing, has given an $8 million gift to establish the Stephen M. Schanwald Sports Management Program. The gift is part…
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Santa Clara University School of Law has announced its 2nd Annual Sports Law Conference will take place on Friday, January 24, 2025. The conference will bring together many of the sports industry’s top attorneys and business professionals for a full day of sports law-related programming and networking. The panels throughout the day will discuss hot…
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Mark Conrad, who directs the sports business concentration and is a professor of law and ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, was quoted by NBC News in an article the media outlet wrote about the New York Mets ambition to compete with the New York Yankees. The journalist suggested that “a region’s second-place franchise…
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The New York Post reported this week about the controversy that occurred between the University of Miami Mascot, Sebastian, and a reporter on the sideline in a game between the Hurricanes and Syracuse last weekend. The Post Reported: “A Syracuse football reporter is claiming the football game wasn’t the only one the Miami mascot was…
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A study by researchers at the University of Oregon has demonstrated that legalized sports gambling is correlated to an increase in local domestic violence incidents. The study, conducted by Researchers Kyutaro Matsuzawa and Emily Arnesen within the Department of Economics, explores “the relationship between legalized sports gambling, unexpected emotional cues, and reported intimate partner violence.…
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