On November 6, 2025, Ropes & Gray hosted the Sports Lawyers Association’s 2025 Fall Symposium in the firm’s London office. This year’s symposium was the first to be held in Europe, and it adopted the theme “The Globalization of Sports,” exploring how international trends are shaping the future of sports law around the world. London office managing…
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A startup from Dublin, Ireland, believes the answer to that question is an emphatic, “Yes!” KineMo uses AI to accurately track and quantify in 3D the angles of an individual’s joints during exercise and rehabilitation, using video from any single camera. They believe that understanding and objectively measuring the movement competency of an athlete during…
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Donald Remy, who was the top lawyer at the NCAA for more than a decade, noted on a LinkedIn post a couple days ago that he foresaw what would happen if the “floodgates were opened” for legalized sports betting in the US. His post follows: When the Supreme Court struck down PASPA in 2018, I…
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O’Melveny advised TaylorMade Golf Company on its international expansion with the development of The Kingdom at The Grove, a customer-facing, brand immersion experience located within a five-star hotel and golf resort in the outskirts of London, England. The new facility will open in spring 2026. The Kingdom at The Grove will include three hitting bays,…
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The agenda is now live, Available here, the November 6 event features a full day of compelling sessions that examine how global trends are shaping and redefining the field of sports law. This year’s theme offers a valuable platform for thought-provoking discussions, actionable insights, and meaningful networking with professionals from across the globe. Don’t miss…
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Byrne Wallace Shields LLP has announced the launch of a specialist sports law group designed to support organisations and businesses operating within Ireland’s fast-evolving sports industry. The new group will be headed by Peter McKenna, former Irish rugby international and a partner at the firm. The new group will advise sporting organisations, athletes, event operators,…
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D.C. United has announced the appointment of Dr. Erkut Sogut as the club’s Managing Director of Soccer Operations. Sogut brings “a wealth of global soccer experience as a sports lawyer and player agent,” according to the club. Sogut has a long track record of success in deal-making, relationship building, player evaluation, and recruitment that has…
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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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By Carrie Hilger A forthcoming edition of the Mississippi Sports Law Review will highlight a paper from University of St. Thomas School of Law Professor David Grenardo. In it, he reflects on how an experience that initially made him angry, gave way to an understanding about ways to address systemic racism. The paper, “Angry at…
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