The Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) has announced it will hold its 33rd annual conference on March 4-7, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. By way of background, SRLA serves academicians and practitioners in private and public sport and recreation settings. Its members have diverse educational and experiential backgrounds and represent a variety of occupations and interests. They…
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(Editor’ note: The following is an article that appeared in Sports Litigation Alert, which publishes every two weeks and features a searchable archive of more than 3,000 articles.) The former athletic director at Occidental College, Jaime Hoffman, has sued her employer in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging she was the victim of: harassment and discrimination…
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Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. received a Leader in the Law award from North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. The awards honor legal professionals who have gone above and beyond in the legal industry and the community. Caldwell founded and leads Robinson Bradshaw’s Sports and Entertainment Practice Group. He has dedicated decades to advising sports and entertainment…
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Recently, NCAA Board of Governors began the process to enhance the name, image, and likeness opportunities for college athletes. Wornie Reed, a former college athlete and instructor of “Sports and the African American Experience” at Virginia Tech, believes that this is the beginning of a slow process in the right direction. About the ruling Reed…
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The latest issue of Sports Litigation Alert features a wide swath of legal articles from the sports industry as is typical for the nation leading sports law periodical. To subscribe, visit www.sportslitigationalert.com Case Summaries Judge Denies Defendants’ Bid to Exclude Expert in Products Liability Case NBA Pension Plan Defeats Stale Claim Magistrate Judge Sides With…
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NCAA President Mark Emmert has been added as a speaker to the Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program’s December 17 event entitled, “Future of College Sports: Government’s Role in Athlete Pay.” There is now widespread public support for allowing college athletes to make money off their own name, image and likeness (NIL), led by California…
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Hogan Lovells has announced that Michael Kuh has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in New York. Kuh has represented some of the country’s largest sports organizations in major transactions. He also represents clients in M&A and corporate matters in the entertainment, technology, ecommerce, fintech and private equity sectors. Kuh was…
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Irwin Kishner, co-chair of Herrick’s Sports Law Group, was interviewed by MarketWatch regarding a class action lawsuit brought by a former Villanova University football player against the NCAA for allegedly committing wage violations. The player is seeking to hold the NCAA and its Division I Member Schools in Pennsylvania accountable for refusing to pay student…
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What follows is an Executive Summary of a proposal created by Rick Karcher, Associate Professor of Eastern Michigan University, about how to set up a framework to address compensation issues for football players in the Power 5 Conferences. An appropriate and fair system of compensation and benefits for football players in the Power 5 conferences…
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(What follows was recently published by the Drake Group in response to the NCAA’s movement this week toward compensating student athletes in specific circumstances.) On October 29, 2019, the NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously to permit college athletes to commercialize the use of their names, images and likenesses (NILs) “in a manner consistent with…
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