The Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) has announced its 2021 conference as a fully virtual event that is scheduled for May 17-21. Here’s a glimpse of what attendees can expect: Pre-conference events, including Meet the Presidents: Past, Present, and Future and the annual Women in the SLA gathering Dynamic speaker lineups featuring some of the top…
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(The following piece was written by Law Professor Ellen M. Zavian, with research assistance from Brandon Martinez Gonzalez, GW Law 1L. Professor Zavian is the Editor in Chief of My Legal Bookie, a periodical produced by Hackney Publications.) A friend of mine, Brandon, is a University of Virginia (UV) law student, and he is talking…
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FansUnite Entertainment Inc. (FansUnite) has announced that it has engaged the services of Ifrah Law PLLC (Ifrah Law), a prominent U.S. gaming law firm, to collaborate with OneComply Inc. (OneComply) in assisting FansUnite with its U.S. licensing strategy. FansUnite’s decision was driven by the interest it has received from U.S. gambling and casino operators, who…
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By Andrew Silver, of Ifrah Law It is hard to believe that as recently as three years ago—prior to the Supreme Court’s May 2018 decision declaring that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) was unconstitutional—Americans seeking to wager on the NCAA basketball tournament had to choose between either traveling to Nevada or wagering…
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Hackney Publications announced today the launch of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. The firms are listed alphabetically, an ode to the difficulty in actually ranking such…
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The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed that two Russian tennis players, Sofia Dmitrieva and Alija Merdeeva, have been banned for life from the sport, following investigations into multiple incidents of match fixing. Two of the matches concerned involved both the players as doubles partners. The cases were ruled on by Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer…
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In passing the $900 billion year-end spending bill Monday, which is expected to be signed into law within days, Congress has included a rider to ban race-day doping of Thoroughbreds: the Horseracing Integrity and Safety (HISA) Safety Act. H.R. 1754/S. 4547, concluding an eight-year campaign instituted by activist groups to end medication abuses leading to…
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Maine Governor Janet Mills has named Ogletree Deakins attorney Steve Silver chair of the state’s Gamblng Control Board. Following the Governor’s nomination, the Maine Senate voted unanimously to confirm Silver to the position. By statute, the five-member Board regulates and supervises the ownership and operations of Maine’s two casinos, oversees advance deposit wagering, reviews license…
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Elys Game Technology, Corp. has announced the hire of Robert Lo Giudice as US Head of Legal Affairs. Lo Giudice, who received his law degree from New York Law School in 2016 as well as his Master of Law and Master of Science in Sports Law and Sports Management, respectively, from Columbia University in 2018,…
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Irwin Kishner, co-chair of Herrick’s Sports Law Group, was quoted in Law360 discussing how voters in Maryland, South Dakota and Louisiana approved ballot measures to legalize sports betting, joining 22 other states and the District of Columbia. The article reports that this “state-by-state approach to legalization has created challenges for betting operators, limiting a potential national market.”…
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