USA Lacrosse has announced the hire of its first General Counsel – GWU Professor Ellen M. Zavian. Professor Zavian began her career in sports when she was a student at the University of Maryland where she worked in the university’s intramural sports and recreation department, while working at the Maryland Race Tracks in the promotional…
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Cadwalader Global Litigation partner Helen Maher, a sports lawyer, has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2022 “Top 250 Women in Litigation” list for the United States, which recognizes women litigators involved in some of the “most impactful litigation matters in recent history” and who are “top players in their respective fields.” Maher, who has extensive experience…
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Louisiana personal injury attorney Gordon McKernan has signed a Name, Image, & Likeness (NIL) deal with Jaquelin Roy, a defensive lineman for the Tigers Football team and family friend. McKernan’s relationship with Roy started long before any of his other NIL partners. McKernan met Roy through McKernan’s son, John Gordon McKernan, who played high school football with…
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(Editor’s Note: What follows is an excerpt from a case summary that appeared in a recent Sports Litigation Alert. To subscribe, please visit the Alert homepage.) A federal judge from the District of Arizona has denied mots of a motion to dismiss filed by Arizona State University (ASU), its athletic director, and the Arizona Board…
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Richard Giller, a well-known sports lawyer with Greenspoon Marder, has been recognized withThe American Lawyer magazine’s 2022 West Trailblazer award. The award recognizes lawyers who have “moved the needle in the legal industry,” and are “truly agents of change” in the listed states. He was one of only 46 lawyers of the 280,000+ active licensed attorneys…
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By Katelyn Schuh, GW Law 2L (Editor’s Note: the following is shared from Sports Litigation Alert, the nation’s leading sports law periodical.) On April 5, 2021, AviaGames Inc. filed a motion to dismiss Skillz Platform Inc.’s initial complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim for patent infringement based…
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Earlier this month, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, along with a coalition of twenty attorneys general led by Tennessee, obtained a preliminary injunction halting the Biden Administration’s guidance that would change Title VII and Title IX’s definition of “sex” to include “gender identity” relating to separation of bathrooms and sports in schools, and pronouns in…
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“As I approach 77 years old, I feel it’s time for me to retire as Chairman and CEO of WWE. Throughout the years, it’s been a privilege to help WWE bring you joy, inspire you, thrill you, surprise you, and always entertain you. I would like to thank my family for mightily contributing to our…
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Law firm Cozen O’Connor has announced that it has ended its sponsorship of professional golfer Jason Kokrak, who recently announced that he was joining LIV Golf. “For the past two years, Cozen O’Connor sponsored professional golfer Jason Kokrak. In light of Mr. Kokrak’s affiliation with the new LIV Tour, we have mutually agreed he will…
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Robert (Bob) Boland, who served five years in a first-of-its-kind national role as Penn State University’s Athletics Integrity Officer, will join Shumaker’s Hospitality, Sports and Leisure Business Sector in an Of Counsel Role. Boland is recognized as a national thought-leader in the emerging field of name, image and likeness (NIL), developing one of the nation’s…
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