From Maya Mendoza-Exstrom, Chief Operating Officer and attorney with the Seattle Sounders FC: We are building up our legal team ahead of an amazing few years of growth for Seattle Sounders FC — incredible opportunity to work with us in our mission to create moments, enrich lives and unify through soccer. We are a values…
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In anticipation of “the many business opportunities and complex legal and regulatory challenges” that will emerge from FIFA World Cup 26TM, Morgan Lewis has assembled a multidisciplinary 2026 World Cup Initiative to “advise companies on the business potential of the global sporting event, while helping them manage risks and navigate compliance across the three host…
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The furor over Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales’ aggressive kiss of women’s national team player Jennifer Hermoso continued to build over the weekend after Rubiales suggested he would not resign. Hermoso, who has been very quiet throughout the controversy, then issued a statement hat she felt “vulnerable and the victim of an aggression. “I…
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What follows is the statement of Safe Sport International, one of many statements from the international community, regarding Spanish Football Association President Luis Rubiales, whose ongoing behavior toward female athletes is finally being called into question after he forcibly kissed a member of the Women’s National Team after the team won the World Cup: “Safe Sport…
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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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