A team from global law firm Hogan Lovells has guided nine-time NBA All Star Russell Westbrook of the Los Angeles Clippers as he acquired a minority stake in English Championship soccer club Leeds United. Financial terms were not disclosed. Westbrook joined PGA Tour golfers Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, who last week confirmed they had…
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The National Women’s Soccer League today announced the addition of three senior-level hires to the front office, including Dr. Andria Johnson as Senior Director of People and Inclusion, Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard as Vice President of Legal and Jordan Dolbin as Head of Social and Influencer Marketing. “These three highly accomplished individuals bring with them incredibly relevant…
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The Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF) has reported that the families of four former North American Soccer League (NASL) players have allowed researchers to reveal that their their loved ones were diagnosed, post-mortem, with stage 4 CTE. The families of Jimmy Conway, Jim Fryatt, Jimmy Gabriel, and Franny Pantuosco released the findings of their brain study “to raise awareness for the…
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The National Women’s Soccer League has announced it has awarded expansion rights for team #14 to an investment group representing the Bay Area, California with Sixth Street as the club’s majority investor. Sixth Street is making the largest institutional investment in women’s professional soccer to date as the NWSL experiences record-breaking viewership, attendance, and sponsorship…
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Global law firm Hogan Lovells has guided client Michele Kang, controlling owner of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit, in a groundbreaking agreement with OL Groupe that will see the creation of the world’s first woman-owned multi-national, multi-team women’s football organization. In an all-stock deal, OL Groupe will contribute its women’s team, OL Féminin,…
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Hackney Publications announced today that it was making its latest issue of Sports Litigation Alert, published on February 24, 2023, the new sample issue on the site, a reflection of the issue’s “strength,” according to Editor and Publisher Holt Hackney. “We pride ourselves on providing provocative insight and thought leadership on the sports law issues…
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Kirkland & Ellis advised Iconic Sports on its investment in London-based group Eagle Football, which acquired a significant controlling stake in Olympique Lyonnais Groupe SA. This transaction creates one of the largest professional football groups in the world with interests in Olympique Lyonnais, Crystal Palace, Botafogo and RWD Molenbeek. The Kirkland team was led by…
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Regulations adopted by the FIFA Council in December 2022 following an extensive consultation process with all key international football stakeholders New rules will guarantee minimum professional and ethical standards for the occupation of football agent, including a mandatory licensing system Initiative is part of FIFA’s efforts to modernise the football regulatory framework and to protect…
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hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced new tools are being 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. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes…
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More than million American adults plan to bet a total of $1.8 billion on the 2022 FIFA World Cup™, according to the American Gaming Association’s (AGA) inaugural survey on World Cup wagering. (Hackney Publications produces MyLegalBookie, which can be subscribed to on a complimentary basis at the site.) Unlike other major events like the Super Bowl and…
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