Cassie (Sadowitz) McBride has been named vice president & general counsel of the San Jose Sharks. McBride is not new to professional sports having served as General Counsel of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Associate Counsel of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Intern, Legal Affairs & Risk Management for the California Angels. McBride received her JD from…
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Two concussion webinars will be held in the coming weeks that will explore more deeply the issues around Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), from the defendant’s perspective. Both webinars are sponsored by Concussion Defense Reporter. Human Factors in Sports Concussion – July 28, 2021 3:30-4:30 ET Every sports concussion case, whether a “second hit” or a…
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The National Football League announced yesterday the outcome of the workplace review of the Washington Football Team led by independent counsel Beth Wilkinson, as well as remedial measures and penalties arising out of that review, according to an NFL press release. Wilkinson’s firm (“Wilkinson”) was initially engaged by the Washington club in July 2020. At…
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Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) is seeking an experienced attorney to join our family! The person in this role will manage corporate legal matters, examine, and draft business agreements, manage intellectual property, support corporate governance, company policy, human resources, and insurance matters. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the community we serve and…
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Foley & Lardner’s Sports & Entertainment Group, along with sports industry author and adviser Rick Horrow, will host its next Leadership Insight series – The Comeback: Sports in a Worldwide Pandemic – on May 12 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. “Our third installment focuses on covering all aspects of the business in and…
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Marissa Meli has been promoted to Associate General Counsel of the Green Bay Packers. Meli, a Wisconsin native, joined the Packers almost five years ago as the team’s Corporate Transactions Counsel. Prior to that, she spent two years as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. Meli received her JD from the University of…
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From the NFL: The National Football League announced today that it has signed long-term agreements with media partners Amazon, CBS, ESPN/ABC, FOX, and NBC for the distribution of NFL games, the industry’s most valuable content, over television and digital platforms, as well as additional media rights. With these agreements, the NFL has expanded its digital…
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Hackney Publications announced today the launch of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. The firms are listed alphabetically, an ode to the difficulty in actually ranking such…
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The Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) will host a virtual annual conference February 23-26 with Kenneth L. Shropshire, CEO of Global Sport Institute and the Adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport at Arizona State University, serving as the keynote speaker. The primary mission of SRLA, which serves academicians and practitioners in private and public…
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The Associated Press has reported that the PGA of America, the organization representing golf’s teaching professionals, has opted out of its plans to host the 2022 PGA Championships at Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey. “We find ourselves in a political situation not of our making,” Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America,…
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