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Jenner & Block Grows Litigation Team with Addition of Attorney that Represented Ravens During Investigation

Jenner & Block has grown its Litigation Department in Los Angeles with the addition of Alex Romain, a leading national trial lawyer with nearly 25 years of experience representing individuals and corporations in a broad range of high-stakes matters. Romain’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, white collar defense, and internal investigations. In one of…
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Latham & Watkins Advises Sixth Street in National Women’s Soccer League Investment to Expand to Bay Area

The National Women’s Soccer League has announced it has awarded expansion rights for team #14 to an investment group representing the Bay Area, California with Sixth Street as the club’s majority investor. Sixth Street is making the largest institutional investment in women’s professional soccer to date as the NWSL experiences record-breaking viewership, attendance, and sponsorship…
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Bond, Schoeneck & King Hires John Long, Strengthening NCAA Compliance Practice

Shared from last Thursday’s Sports Litigation Alert: John Long, a seasoned sports lawyer specializing in NCAA compliance matters, has joined Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, a high-profile leader in that sports law niche for more than two decades. Long was previously at Lewis Brisbois, joining that firm as a partner about a year ago. Prior to…
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Law Review Article Examines Transgender Youth in Athletics from Legal, Theoretical, and Policy Perspectives

By Laurel White A new law review article from UW–Madison School of Education faculty uses a multidisciplinary approach to shed more light on the legal, social, and political discussions surrounding transgender students’ participation in elementary and high school athletics. Since 2021, lawmakers in more than 30 states have proposed bills mandating the exclusion of K-12 transgender…
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Actual Letter to Goodell and the NFL About Workplace Issues

Dear Commissioner Goodell,   We write to express our grave concerns about the recent allegations in the New York Times by over thirty former employees of the National Football League, who described a workplace culture that is overtly hostile to women. We, the attorneys general of New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington State,…
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Legal Spotlight – Bobby Perez, San Antonio Spurs Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel

(Editor’s note: We are publishing an interview with Bobby Perez, the CLO of the Spurs, in the upcoming Sports Litigation Alert. Two of the questions we asked and his answers follow below.) Question: What is the most challenging aspect of your job? Answer: It sounds pretty cliche, but our work is fun, and the challenges…
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Sports Law Expert Podcast Highlights Sports Lawyer Christian Dennie of Fox Rothschild, a Firm that Was Recently Recognized as One of the Best in the Sports Industry

Hackney Publications has announced that Christian Dennie, a sports lawyer and partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, is the featured guest on the Sports Law Expert Podcast. The podcast segment can be heard here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holt-hackney/episodes/A-visit-with-Sports-Lawyer-Christian-Dennie–of-Fox-Rothschild-e21fnhq Fox Rothschild’s nationwide Entertainment and Sports Law Department was honored recently by Hackney Publications as one of the “100 best firms…
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Professor Brings Support to Sports, Entertainment, and Art Law Club

UMass Law Professor Emeritus Michael E. Jones believes sports, entertainment, and art law offer immense growth opportunities for lawyers who are properly trained, willing to learn, and are interested in working in the various industries. “Sports, entertainment, and art law are three related fields that deal with the legal issues surrounding the sports, entertainment, and…
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Sports Lawyer Shareef Amer to lead CSUSB Athletics

Shareef Amer, an athletics administrator with more than 11 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics, is Cal State San Bernardino’s new athletic director. At CSUSB, he will oversee 10 programs: women’s teams in basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, track and field and volleyball, and men’s teams in baseball, basketball, soccer and golf. The men’s basketball…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes Rifkin Weiner Livingston as a Leader in the Sports Law Field in Its Third Annual ‘100 Law Firms’ List

Hackney Publications announced today that its readers have identified Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC as one of a handful of law firms that are leaders in the sports law field in its third annual roster of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About.” The firm was also recognized for several specialty…
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