Brooklyn Law School Professor Jodi Balsam, a sports law expert and former in-house counsel at the National Football League, has been named by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to its Independent Resolution Panel, one of the groups created as part of the new Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP). These changes were made based on…
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The Supreme Court of Utah took a novel approach to “exceptions to liability arising out of sports injuries” when it affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss the claim of an injured basketball player who sued another basketball player whose actions led to his injury. In essence, the high court adopted its own version of…
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Hackney Publications and Montgomery McCracken have published the summer issue of Sports Medicine and the Law (SML), complete with interesting articles about a shift in the line of reporting for physicians in collegiate athletics as well as a pivotal ruling in favor of the NCAA in a concussion case, which could have long-lasting ramifications. There’s…
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A long-time Arkansas attorney has joined the NCAA as an investigator in its new Complex Case Unit, according to Yahoo News. Tom Mars, who has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer (Walmart) and in private practice, burst on the scene in recent years because of his work representing athletes in the eligibility waiver appeals area.…
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Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, Assistant Professor of Sport Management at St. John’s University, was recognized this summer for having the “Best Paper” by the participants to the 14th Annual GBRS Conference in Valencia, Spain and selected for publication in a future issue of The Review of Business Journal published by the Peter J. Tobin…
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The Dallas Sidekicks have promoted Alex S. to Legal Counsel and Manager of Marketing. She has been with the organization for eight months and has been handling all matters legal, marketing, and public relations, among other areas. Alex is a graduate of Texas A&M University School of Law class of 2014 and graduated, with honors,…
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Jeremy M. Evans, the founder and managing attorney at California Sports Lawyer® – a firm that represents entertainment, media, and sports clientele, will give a CLE presentation entitled Title: E Sports: The Differences between Entertainment and Sports Dealmaking for CLE Companion, a legal technology company that is changing the CLE industry by offering an affordable…
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Joseph M. Hanna, a partner in Goldberg Segalla’s Buffalo office, has been named to the Mediator Panel for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (WDNY). Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. announced the new mediators for the WDNY on Wednesday, June 19. This marks the first expansion of the court’s…
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With the fall semester, Sports Litigation Alert celebrates its tenth year of being a staple in the Sports Law classroom, where professors and instructors use it as a replacement for expensive textbooks, or at least a supplement for the textbook, which is frequently dated by the time it is published. For background purposes, the Alert…
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(Editor’s Note: The following is shared by the Drake Group, an advocacy group for reform of the NCAA) Last week the NCAA Division I Council approved new, more stringent criteria to determine whether athletes in five sports (football, men’s and women’s basketball, ice hockey and baseball) can transfer with eligibility waivers to compete immediately upon…
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