title IX – Sports Law Expert

Hackney Publications Creates Client Referral Program for Sports Lawyers

February 6, 2025

Hackney Publications announced today a client referral program, leveraging 25 years of editing and publishing experience in the sports law field to pair potential legal clients with sports lawyers. Those “friends of Hackney Publications,” defined as subscribers and sponsors, will receive notification when a potential legal client reaches out through Sportslawexpert.com (https://sportslawexpert.com/seeking-a-sports-lawyer/) as well as…
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SRLA Announces Keynote Speaker for Annual Conference, As Well As Registration and Hotel Link

January 28, 2025

The Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) has announced that Chance Miller, the Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation at Coastal Carolina University, will be its keynote speaker for the 38th annual SRLA Conference, being held February 26 to March 1 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The association also announced that it has…
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House Republicans Pass Bill to ‘Protect’ Women’s Sports

January 15, 2025

From the office of US Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (of Wyoming): “The Biden administration’s effort to fundamentally rewrite the very meaning and purpose of Title IX would threaten the integrity and safety of women’s sports nationwide by allowing men and boys to compete alongside women and girls. These actions have undermined decades of progress and robbed…
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CCHA Law Announces Sports Lawyer’s Admission to Indiana Bar

December 30, 2024

Jane McGill, of Church Church Hittle and Antrim, recently gained admission to the Indiana Bar. Already licensed in Virginia, the additional admission will allow McGill to provide “even more value to CCHA’s Sports Law and Higher Education clients, complementing her extensive experience and specialized knowledge,” according to the firm. Having served as an NCAA Compliance…
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Judge Issues Critical Ruling in the University of Kentucky Title IX Athletics Case

December 17, 2024

(Editor’s note: The following excerpt was authored by Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Professor, Sports Media, Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Ellen is also a senior writer for Hackney Publications and Editor-in-Chief of Title IX Alert. The article will appear in its complete form in Title IX Alert, which can be subscribed to…
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SRLA Publishes Safe at First, a Detailed Risk Management Guide for the Academic Community and Industry Professionals

October 31, 2024

The Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA), whose mission is to further the study and dissemination of information regarding legal aspects of sport and recreation, announced today that it has published Safe at First, making it available through its distribution partner, Hackney Publications, at https://pubs.hackneypublications.com/SRLA/subscribe.html “This is the most detailed risk management guide ever written…
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The Drake Group: ‘We Endorse 2024 GAO Report Detailing Title IX Enforcement Failures’

August 28, 2024

(Editor’s Note: What follows is a missive from the Drake Group endorsing the recent GAO report.) In April 2024, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, “College Athletics: Education Should Improve Its Title IX Enforcement Efforts.” Requested by U.S. Representatives Robert C. Scott and Suzanne Bonamici, both ranking members of the House…
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Party Files Brief Defending West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act

August 16, 2024

America First Legal (AFL) and its co-counsel, Christopher Mills, filed an amicus brief yesterday in defense of West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, which requires students to compete “based on their biological sex.” After the District Court upheld the Act as constitutional, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision. The Fourth Circuit’s…
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Athletic Directors Must Confront Double Standard Used for Female Employees

June 3, 2024

Julie Sommer, Executive Director of The Drake Group Education Fund (TDGEF), has called upon higher education leaders, coaches, and athletic directors, to confront “the epidemic of unfair treatment of female coaches and administrators in college athletic programs.” “We must confront the reality that female coaches and administrators are still being unfairly treated because of their…
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CCHA’s Sports Law Group Listed as One of Industry’s Best; Attorney Paia LaPalombara Featured on Sports Law Expert Podcast

April 11, 2024

Hackney Publications has announced today the inclusion of Church Church Hittle + Antrim (CCHA) to its “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About.” In addition, the company announced that Paia LaPalombara, who joined the firm’s Sports Law and Higher Education sections last fall, has also been featured on Sports Law Podcast. The segment can…
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