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Hackney Publications Introduces Tools that Make Sports Litigation Alert a Powerful Resource in the Sports Law Classroom

Each semester, Hackney Publications provides professors with 12 subject-matter compendiums, created from the last 6 months of Alerts, to be used with students. Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced that new tools are being added to Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been used in sports law classrooms for…
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NBA sees rise in acts of symbolic violence

A new analysis of NBA basketball broadcasts from 1998 to 2018 reveals a decline in acts of physical violence, such as pushing and elbowing, and a rise in acts of symbolic violence, such as shouting, trash talking, and menacing displays. Assaf Lev from the Department of Sports Therapy at Ono Academic College in Kiryat Ono,…
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Veteran Sports Lawyers Chuck Baker and Irwin Raij Join Sidley

The shakeup in the sports law industry continued last week with news that Sidley Austin LLP had brought in Charles “Chuck” Baker and Irwin Raij as partners and co-chairs of its Entertainment, Sports and Media industry group. Baker has joined in New York and Miami, while Raij has joined in Miami. They were previously co-chairs of…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey as a Leader in the Sports Law Field in ‘100 Law Firms’ List

The firm specializes in risk management of large spectator events, including training of event personnel and drafting/prosecution of risk transfer agreements. Hackney Publications has announced that its readers have identified Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey as one of a handful of law firms that are leaders in the sports law field in its annual Roster of “100 Law…
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Hackney Publications Donates $1,000 to Austin Pets Alive!

Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has donated $1,000 to Austin Pets Alive!, a leader in No Kill sheltering in America’s largest No Kill city – Austin. “My company has been blessed to have very loyal subscribers, advertisers and sponsors,” said Holt Hackney, the founder. “I am grateful for that support…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes Robinson Bradshaw as a Leader in the Sports Law Field in Its Annual ‘100 Law Firms’ List

Hackney Publications has announced that its readers have identified Robinson Bradshaw as one of a handful of law firms that are leaders in the sports law field in its annual Roster of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About.” Besides recognizing law firms for their achievements, the portal serves as a resource for those…
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Gross McGinley Lawyers Form Sports Law practice

The Lehigh Valley Business has reported that four attorneys at Gross McGinley LLP in Allentown, PA  have formed a sports law practice at the firm.  Each of the attorneys are former student-athletes, according to the paper. Their decision was reportedly connected to changes in NCAA rules that now allow college athletes to make money off…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes Rifkin Weiner Livingston as a Leader in the Sports Law Field in Its ‘100 Law Firms’ List

Hackney Publications has announced 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 annual Roster of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About.” Besides recognizing law firms for their achievements, the portal serves as a resource…
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LEWIS BRISBOIS STRENGTHENS NATIONAL SPORTS LAW PRACTICE WITH NEW PARTNER HIRE

Lewis Brisbois has announced that accomplished sports attorney John Long has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. Long joins the firm along with Phoenix Partner Gregg E. Clifton from Jackson Lewis, to form “a powerhouse team of sports law practitioners” at Lewis Brisbois. Long has extensive experience and success in higher education…
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Diamond Sports Announces Addition of Sports Lawyer Bob Whitsitt to Board of Managers

Diamond Sports Group, LLC (DSG), a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., has announced the appointment of a new slate of directors to oversee DSG in conjunction with the recent closing of a new $635 million facility to enable DSG to expand and strengthen its operational platform including emerging opportunities in the direct-to-consumer sports streaming…
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