Professional sports – Page 19

Feldman to Hold Newly-Endowed Sher Garner Professorship in Sports Law, Nation’s First Such Professorship Dedicated to Sports Law

October 28, 2019

Tulane University’s nationally recognized Sports Law Program will now be led by the nation’s first fully endowed professorship dedicated to sports law – Professor Gabe Feldman. Alumni and longtime supporters Leopold and Karen Sher and James and Tracie Garner have endowed the Sher Garner Professorship in Sports Law. The professorship will be held by Professor…
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Barnes & Thornburg Launches University and Professional Athletics Group

October 22, 2019

Barnes & Thornburg has joined forces with sports industry veterans, E.T. “Skip” Prince and Steve Pederson, to launch a new University and Professional Athletics practice. Joining the firm’s experienced athletics industry attorneys, Prince and Pederson bring decades of experience overseeing, managing, and providing consultation to collegiate athletic departments and conferences, professional teams and leagues, and…
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Sports Facilities and the Law Enters Third Year with Editor in Chief Gil Fried at the Helm

October 20, 2019

Sports Facilities and the Law (SFL), a periodical that reports on legal and risk management developments involving sports facilities, is well into its third year of publication. Leading the effort is Gil Fried, a sport management professor at the University of New Haven, as well as an illustrious advisory board of attorneys and facility management…
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Montgomery McCracken Attorneys Set To Speak on Sports Law Issues at Villanova Law Event on Oct. 2

September 27, 2019

On Wednesday, October 2, four attorneys from Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, Steven Pachman, Dylan Henry, Kimberly Sachs, and Kacie Kergides, will be presenting before Villanova Law’s Sports Law Society. Beginning at noon in room 102, the attorneys will discuss recent legal issues affecting sports and the law, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), second impact…
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Understand The Rules Of The Game 2019 – LawInSport Annual Conference Set for 9/12-13

August 30, 2019

LawInSport’s 5th Annual Conference ‘Understand The Rules Of The Game 2019’ will be hosted at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Green Park (Mayfair), London on 12th & 13th September 2019. This two day conference will build on the success of the previous annual conferences at which over 300 leading sports lawyers, sports executives, academics,…
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National Lacrosse League Names Former NHL Executive And Sports Lawyer Jessica Berman Deputy Commissioner and EVP of Business Affairs

August 28, 2019

The National Lacrosse League (NLL) has announced that Jessica Berman has been named Deputy Commissioner and EVP of Business Affairs. Berman joins the NLL from the National Hockey League, where she has spent the last 13 years, most recently as Vice President, Community Development, Culture & Growth. She becomes the first woman to hold the…
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Utah’s Highest Court Creates Its Own Version of a Contact Sports Exception

August 7, 2019

The Supreme Court of Utah took a novel approach to “exceptions to liability arising out of sports injuries” when it affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss the claim of an injured basketball player who sued another basketball player whose actions led to his injury. In essence, the high court adopted its own version of…
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Dallas Sidekicks Have New Legal Counsel

July 18, 2019

The Dallas Sidekicks have promoted Alex S. to Legal Counsel and Manager of Marketing. She has been with the organization for eight months and has been handling all matters legal, marketing, and public relations, among other areas. Alex is a graduate of Texas A&M University School of Law class of 2014 and graduated, with honors,…
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Sports Lawyer Jeremy Evans To Give Presentation About eSports Dealmaking for CLE Companion

July 12, 2019

Jeremy M. Evans, the founder and managing attorney at California Sports Lawyer® – a firm that represents entertainment, media, and sports clientele, will give a CLE presentation entitled Title: E Sports: The Differences between Entertainment and Sports Dealmaking for CLE Companion, a legal technology company that is changing the CLE industry by offering an affordable…
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Goldberg Segalla Sports Lawyer Named to Federal Mediator Panel for the Western District of New York

July 9, 2019

Joseph M. Hanna, a partner in Goldberg Segalla’s Buffalo office, has been named to the Mediator Panel for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (WDNY). Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. announced the new mediators for the WDNY on Wednesday, June 19. This marks the first expansion of the court’s…
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