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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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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(Editor’s Note: From the pages of Sports Litigation Alert) By William H. Gray, Esq. – Senior Associate Attorney at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. Championship victories frequently result in spontaneous public gatherings, presenting significant crowd-management and security challenges for municipalities, venue operators, and law enforcement agencies alike. As cities increasingly host watch parties, victory…
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Frank Hawkins, a nationally recognized sports executive and attorney with more than three decades of experience advising professional sports organizations and stakeholders at the highest levels, has joined Shumaker’s Sports Law Team. Hawkins brings significant depth of experience across complex legal, financial, media, technology, and governance matters that have helped shape the modern sports industry.…
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Hackney Publications (HP), the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, will publish its 6th annual list of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practice Groups You Need to Know About” on March 16. It won’t be easy identifying the top 100 for the portal, which recognizes excellence and serves as a resource for those…
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lobal law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Denver Summit FC, Colorado’s new National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) franchise, in securing approvals from the Denver City Council for the development of a 14,500-seat stadium in the city’s Santa Fe Yards area. The City Council voted Dec. 22 in favor of a package of bills designed to support the…
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The Athletic’s reporting on a brief but charged interaction at Target Center offered a window into how sports arenas can become flashpoints for broader political and social tensions, particularly in moments of community trauma. During the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 104–103 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night, Target Center security mistakenly asked a courtside…
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Professors use Sports Litigation Alert in the classroom primarily to supplement textbooks with current, real-world case studies, fostering better in-class discussion and allowing students to apply legal concepts to up-to-date issues. Key benefits for a professor include: Currency of Information: Textbooks can quickly become outdated in the fast-moving field of sports law. The bi-weekly Alert provides timely summaries…
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McNeese State University Vice President and Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer has announced the renaming of the Legacy Center to the Townsley Law Arena following a $4.5 million over 15 years naming rights agreement with Townsley Law Firm. This agreement, which comes only two months after Schroyer signed the largest football stadium naming rights contract…
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Hackney Publications (HP), the nation’s leading publisher of sports law publications, has partnered with the Sports and Entertainment Risk Management Alliance (SERMA) to create the organization’s membership newsletter – Risk Management in Sports, A SERMA Membership Publication. SERMA, which was founded in 2022 by attorney Rich Lenkov, is the first risk management association devoted entirely…
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