The Nashville Predators have hired Vukie Mpofu as assistant general manager, adding an executive whose background combines hockey operations with legal expertise in player contracts, collective bargaining agreement compliance, and salary cap administration. Mpofu joins the Predators after spending the past three seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins as director of hockey operations and legal affairs.…
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The move will disrupt a textbook publishing industry that has been charging students exorbitant fees without any checks and balances. Hackney Publications announced today that it has published a free textbook for instructors who teach sports law at the undergraduate level. The text, Sports Law Basics, is meant to accomplish two things, according to Holt Hackney,…
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WSFS Bank, the primary subsidiary of WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WSFS), announced an extension of its naming rights partnership with the Philadelphia Union for the WSFS Bank Sportsplex, a sports and recreation complex located adjacent to Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. The facility will continue to operate under the WSFS Bank Sportsplex name through the…
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With one of the nation’s leading sports law practices, Herrick announced this spring that Jermaine A. Brookshire, Jr., associate in Herrick’s Corporate Department and Sports Law Group, was selected as the 2026 Recipient for the Rising Leader Award by the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association. The Rising Leader Award “recognizes a distinguished member of the legal community…
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Florida International University’s College of Arts Sciences and Education has announced that Dr. Nicholas Smith, Associate Teaching Professor, has been awarded a $15,000 research grant from the American Athletic Conference. Dr. Smith’s research proposal, Transfer Uncertainty: Examining the Lived Experiences of College Athletes Languishing in the NCAA Transfer Portal, was selected following a rigorous review…
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By Oliver Canning The world of sports law is rapidly transitioning from a niche specialization to an exploding multidisciplinary field. As the sporting industry grows into a global asset class, legal education has pivoted with it, moving beyond teaching traditional contract negotiation into the complicated areas of private equity, AI, and the burgeoning name, image,…
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(Editor’s Note: Here are five schools (21-25) to be so recognized. We will highlight five more a day over the next three business days. The full article appears in Sports Litigation Alert on Thursday night) By Oliver Canning The world of sports law is rapidly transitioning from a niche specialization to an exploding multidisciplinary field.…
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Tom Dundon, Owner and Governor of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, has announced that three new investors – Brett Jefferson, Marc Grandisson and Bobby Farnham – have joined the ownership group. Dundon retains majority ownership and will continue as lead governor of the team, while Jefferson, Grandisson and Farnham each hold a minority ownership…
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Proskauer advised League One Volleyball (“LOVB”) on a strategic investment from Synergy Sports Capital (“Synergy”), the $150 million private equity fund led by former NFL players Terrence C. Murphy Sr. and Reggie Bush. As part of the investment, Synergy will assume operating rights to LOVB’s Salt Lake team. Founded to acquire controlling stakes in dynamic…
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The Miami Marlins have expanded their partnership with Werner, Hoffman, Greig & Garcia, naming the Florida-based firm the team’s Official Law Firm and the presenting sponsor of Marlins.TV beginning with the 2026 season. The extended agreement builds on a relationship that has grown over the past two seasons and broadens the firm’s presence across the club’s media, ballpark…
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