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SRLA Publishes Safe at First, a Detailed Risk Management Guide for the Academic Community and Industry Professionals

October 31, 2024

The Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA), whose mission is to further the study and dissemination of information regarding legal aspects of sport and recreation, announced today that it has published Safe at First, making it available through its distribution partner, Hackney Publications, at https://pubs.hackneypublications.com/SRLA/subscribe.html “This is the most detailed risk management guide ever written…
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NBA Fan Sues Arena Owner and Staffing Company After She Was Assaulted in Bathroom

June 17, 2024

A female Denver Nuggets fan who was attending a 2023 playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers when she was assaulted in the bathroom by two other women in a case is mistaken identity has sued the women, the owners of Ball Arena (Kroenke Sports & Entertainment) and Argus Event Staffing, claiming the bathroom area…
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Sports Law Expert Podcast Interviews Courtney Dunn of Segal McCambridge About Her Rise as a Successful Sports Lawyer

September 18, 2023

Hackney Publications announced today the release of the latest episode of Sports Law Expert Podcast, which features Courtney Dunn of Segal McCambridge, who discusses her budding sports law practice and her path along the way. The podcast segment can be heard here. Going forward, those interested in being notified when a segment of the podcast goes live can…
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Florida Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Against Stetson in Wrongful Death Case

July 27, 2023

The Florida Supreme Court declined last month to take up an appeal by Stetson University in a case arising from the death of 19-year-old football player Nick Blakely, who collapsed after a cardiac event on the sideline during a 2017 practice. The decision effectively let stand a ruling by the 5th District Court of…
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Jury Awards $1 and Legal Fees to Gwyneth Paltrow – It Was a Nonstarter From the Beginning

March 31, 2023

Yesterday’s news that a Utah jury sided with Gwyneth Paltrow in a civil trial involving a 2016 ski crash in which she collided with another skier led us to reflect on an article written in 2022 for Sports Litigation Alert by Professor James Moss, an expert in such things. But first, the statements. Paltrow: “I…
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Supreme Court of Nebraska Affirms Court’s Ruling that Release Shielded University from Athlete’s Lawsuit Arising from Weight Room Injury

March 28, 2023

The Supreme Court of Nebraska has affirmed the ruling of a lower court, finding in favor of Concordia University, which had been sued by a college athlete, who suffered an injury in the University’s weight room. In so ruling, the high court agreed that the waiver the student-athlete and his mother signed “was valid and…
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Sports Law Expert Podcast Features Sports Law Attorney Irwin Kishner of Herrick, Feinstein LLP

March 17, 2023

Hackney Publications has announced that it has published its latest segment of the Sports Law Expert Podcast, featuring attorney Irwin Kishner, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein LLP and co-chair of its Sports Law Group. The podcast segment can be heard here. Going forward, those interested in being notified when a segment goes live can subscribe by visiting here.…
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Latest Issue of Sports Litigation Alert Touches on FTX, NIL, Coaching Contracts, Harvard Lawsuit and Many, Many Other Current Developments in Sports Law

March 14, 2023

Hackney Publications announced today that it was making its latest issue of Sports Litigation Alert, published on February 24, 2023, the new sample issue on the site, a reflection of the issue’s “strength,” according to Editor and Publisher Holt Hackney. “We pride ourselves on providing provocative insight and thought leadership on the sports law issues…
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Hackney Publications Introduces Tools that Make Sports Litigation Alert a Powerful Resource in the Sports Law Classroom

December 10, 2022

hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced new tools are being added to Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been used in sports law classrooms for more than 15 years, which will make it even more useful for professors and their college students. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes…
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Amber Heard and Johnny Depp Aren’t the Only Celebrities in the News

June 3, 2022

“Utah Court Dismisses Negligence Claim Against Actress in Case Involving Injury on Ski Slopes,” an article written by professor James H. Moss, JD, appeared in yesterday’s Sports Litigation Alert, along with 14 other articles. The reprinted article, written in spirited form, follows below: In what has not turned into a simple skier v. skier collision case,…
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