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Varriale Represents Mets Owners As They Secure Victory in Wrongful Death Case Involving Escalator

December 1, 2018

(Editor’s note: The following case summary involving the New York Mets appeared recently in Sports Litigation Alert (www.sportslitigationalert.com), the nation’s leading sports law periodical, which publishes once every two weeks and features a searchable archive of more than 2,500 summaries and bylined articles. Representing the Mets owners was Carla Varriale, who besides being a partner…
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Thompson Coburn’s Wallace Launches Podcast Series with Prominent Sports Lawyers

November 6, 2018

Bob Wallace, the chair of Thompson Coburn’s sports law group, has launched a podcast focused on sports law and business issues. After the Buzzer aims to provide “smart, probative discussions about issues that impact sports or that sports impacts,” according to the firm. Bob Wallace “We hope to discuss topics and issues beyond the score, beyond the…
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Jenner & Block Partner Offers Insights on the Sports Lawyer Profession and the Issues of the Day

October 30, 2018

(The following article appeared over the summer in Sports Litigation Alert. The Alert offers subscribers the industry’s most extensive searchable archive of sports law-specific case summaries and bylined articles.) Jenner & Block partner Michael J. Nelson has represented sports clients at the professional, collegiate and high-school levels in concussion, contract, name-image-likeness, licensing, antitrust, TV rights…
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This Year’s ABA Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries Boasts Stellar Panels

September 21, 2017

With gambling always a major issue in the sports industry and the Raiders contemplating a move to sin city, Las Vegas would seem to be the perfect destination for the annual Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries. And then there’s some stellar panels, which are detailed below. If interested in attending the conference, which…
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Sports Law Attorney and Expert on Liability Waivers Tackles Key Case

July 20, 2017

(Editor’s Note: Carla Varriale of Havkins, Rosenfeld, Ritzert & Varriale recently wrote about an important case addressing waivers of liability. Courtesy of Sports Litigation Alert, here’s the summary.) Online waivers of liability are ubiquitous, thanks to the internet. Are they enforceable, like their paper counterparts? If so, what factors will a court examine that might…
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Q&A with the Expert – Betsy Goff

June 28, 2017

Betsy is an attorney and sports law professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Question: What were the circumstances that caused you to gravitate to sports law? Answer: Serendipity: an interview was arranged and, through perseverance, I eventually got a job as “contract attorney” for ABC Sports, back in the day (1974) when ABC Sports was the…
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Q&A with the Expert – Barbara Osborne

June 26, 2017

Barbara is an Associate Professor and Coordinator for the University of North Carolina’s Graduate Program in the Sport Administration specialization. She holds a secondary appointment teaching Sports Law at the UNC Law School. She teaches Legal Issues in College Sport and NCAA Governance and Compliance in the graduate program, as well as Legal Aspects of Sports, Discrimination…
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Q&A with the Expert – Gil Fried

June 21, 2017

Gil is a Chair/ Full Professor at the University of New Haven, College of Business, in the Sport Management Program. He is a specialist in sport law, finance, and facility management. He has handled many sport/music industry cases (through his company Gil Fried & Associated, LLC) and has worked as an expert witness in various…
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Q&A with a Sports Law Professor – Caleb Jay

June 19, 2017

Jay is a faculty associate teaching Sports Law at Arizona State University. In addition, he is the Senior Counsel for the Arizona Diamondbacks, having joined the organization in June 2007. His responsibilities include drafting sponsorship and other business contracts, preparing documents for marketing promotions, handling intellectual property matters, and providing legal advice on general business issues. What were…
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Professors Examine Whether State High School Athletic Association Policies Are Effective for Concussion Management

May 16, 2017

(Editor’s Note: John Miller, Troy University, and Robin Ammon, University of South Dakota, recently wrote the following article for Concussion Litigation Reporter. It is exclusively reprinted here.) Many interscholastic athletes, particularly high school football players, are likely to incur concussions while participating in a sport (McCrea, Hammeke, Olsen, Leo, & Guskiewicz, 2004). Copeland (2010) further…
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