For the fourth year in a row, Global Sports Advocates has been ranked as one of the nation’s top sports law firms by Chambers USA. Additionally, Founding Partner Paul Greene was ranked individually by Chambers USA as a top sports lawyer in “Band 1.” Chambers and Partners evaluates legal professionals across 200 jurisdictions, offering comprehensive rankings and…
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Sports lawyer William “Bill” Bock III, a partner at Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP, recently joined Sports Litigation Alert Editor Holt Hackney as a guest on the Sports Law Expert Podcast. The segment, which was made available today, can be heard here – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-visit-with-sports-lawyer-william-bock-of/id1740807429?i=1000704345799. “Bill is an icon in the sports industry, known for his…
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Zachary Greenberg was appointed Commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights by Governor Kelly Armstrong last month. In this role, he leads the department’s efforts to enforce the state’s labor laws and protect the rights of North Dakota workers. Before his appointment, Greenberg served as a Legal and Policy Advisor under…
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“Amid a staggering volume of Title IX complaints,” the U.S Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday the “Title IX Special Investigations Team” (SIT) to “ensure timely, consistent resolutions to protect students, and especially female athletes, from the pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities.” The…
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Nearly 40% of adult Americans say they’ve experienced some type of sport-related mistreatment in their lives, a new study shows. Mistreatment ranged from psychological and emotional to physical and sexual. But most people who reported mistreatment experienced more than one kind, the research found. And one-third of those who never even played organized sports reported…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has initiated a compliance review of the University of Maine following the State of Maine’s blatant disregard for President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. “President Trump has made it abundantly clear: taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars will not support institutions that discriminate against women,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke…
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Two female high school athletes from California, K.S. and T.S., along with their families, and the Save Girls’ Sports association, have filed an amended federal lawsuit against the State of California, Riverside Unified School District, and school officials. The lawsuit challenges AB 1266, the California law that “requires schools to allow biological males to compete…
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From the office of US Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (of Wyoming): “The Biden administration’s effort to fundamentally rewrite the very meaning and purpose of Title IX would threaten the integrity and safety of women’s sports nationwide by allowing men and boys to compete alongside women and girls. These actions have undermined decades of progress and robbed…
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Integrity Compliance 360 (IC360), which provides integrity and compliance regtech products and services for the sports betting and gaming sector, has announced that Bill Pascrell III (BP3), an international gaming expert, has joined the company as a Special Advisor. With an extensive career in the gaming industry, public service, law, and politics, the company believes Pascrell’s…
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A study by researchers at the University of Oregon has demonstrated that legalized sports gambling is correlated to an increase in local domestic violence incidents. The study, conducted by Researchers Kyutaro Matsuzawa and Emily Arnesen within the Department of Economics, explores “the relationship between legalized sports gambling, unexpected emotional cues, and reported intimate partner violence.…
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