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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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Fitness App Loophole Allows Access to Home Addresses

June 15, 2023

Despite attempts to anonymize user data, the fitness app Strava allows anyone to find personal information – including home addresses – about some users. The finding, which is detailed in a new study, raises significant privacy concerns. “Strava users expect their personal information to be protected, and our work shows that this is not always…
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Case Sends Message that Plaintiffs Will Travel to Sue Sporting Goods Manufacturers

June 23, 2022

(Editor’s Note: The following is shared from an issue of Sports Litigation Alert from earlier this year. To subscribe to the Alert, visit here.) By Timothy Liam Epstein and Vernon W. Thomas, of DUGGAN BERTSCH, LLC On November 12, 2019, Tristin Baylis sued Cycling Sports Grp., Inc. (“Cycling Sports”), a global manufacturer of bicycles and…
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Sports Litigation Alert Reports on the Full Breadth of the Sports Law Industry with Timely, Insightful Articles in Last Two Issues

November 19, 2021

Beneficiaries of the Alert include both the private sector and higher education, where professors use the Alert with thousands of sports law students. As Hackney Publications closes in on the completion of its 18th year of publishing Sports Litigation Alert, publisher Holt Hackney is especially proud of the last two issues. “We’re touching on every…
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Hackney Publications Announces Sports Fitness Industry and the Law Publication with SFIA

October 14, 2021

Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, today announced the creation of a new publication for the sports industry designed to keep sports and fitness brands, suppliers, retailers, and their partners abreast of legal and risk-management issues in the sports and fitness industry. Sports Fitness Industry and the Law, created in partnership…
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NFL and Premier League Discuss Player Health and Safety, Issue Statement

October 13, 2021

The National Football League (NFL) and the Premier League held a joint medical conference in London today to discuss “their latest advancements in player health and safety and to share best practices for analyzing, treating, and preventing injuries among elite athletes.” Led by a group of the leagues’ physicians, injury prevention specialists and epidemiologists, the…
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More than 100 Sports Law Professors Now Use Sports Litigation Alert in the Classroom

August 9, 2021

Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced last month that new tools have been 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. Shortly thereafter, several…
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Miami Law Continues Fast Stride into Innovation – First Law School to Teach Sneaker Law as Full Course

May 9, 2021

By Lauren Beiley This spring, Miami Law will be the first U.S. law school with a week-long, full course in the emerging area of Sneaker Law. Provided through the school’s LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law, and encompassing the areas of intellectual property law, sports law, and labor law, the course will cover an…
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