After a distinguished career spanning more than three decades at Ithaca College, Ellen J. Staurowsky has announced she will formally retire on December 31, 2025, marking a new phase in her lifelong commitment to sports, education, and social justice. A professor in the Roy H. Park School of Communications, Staurowsky has been internationally recognized as…
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CCHA announced that Alex Chamberlin has become a member of the firm’s Sports, Higher Education, and Business Services practice groups. Her practice focuses on advising clients on NCAA compliance and infractions, Title IX gender equity reviews, and navigating the evolving NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) landscape. She also assists clients with business sale and purchase…
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From Sports Litigation Alert … By Laura Anderson On October 17, 2025 at the National Sports Law Institute’s 36th Annual Fall Conference, Professor Barbara Osborne, J.D., esteemed sports law professor from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presented on the topic – So House Settled… What About Women’s Sports? Below is a summary of…
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Six former women’s lacrosse team members have settled the Title IX class action they filed against Fresno State University in 2021 for discriminating against its female student-athletes. The settlement requires Fresno State to hire an agreed outside expert to conduct a Gender Equity Review, work with that expert to develop a Gender Equity Plan, provide…
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Brooklyn Law School (BLS) today announces the launch of the BLS Sports Law Clinic, a new in-house legal clinic that will provide free legal services to athletes and sports organizations facing complex legal challenges. Led by Professor Jodi Balsam, a nationally recognized expert in sports law, the clinic will give law students hands-on experience working…
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Students in The University of New Mexico’s Constitutional Law (Rights) class received an unexpected educational opportunity when two of the nation’s leading Title IX experts visited as guest online speakers. Dan Schorr and Alyssa-Rae McGinn, co-hosts of the nationally recognized Title IX Podcast, met with students to discuss how Title IX protects individuals from gender-based…
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Attorneys who subscribe to Sports Litigation Alert primarily benefit from staying current on legal developments in the sports industry, accessing a vast archive of case law summaries, and having opportunities to publish their own articles. These benefits enable attorneys to: Stay Abreast of Current Law: The bi-weekly newsletter delivers timely case summaries and articles on relevant sports law…
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Professors use Sports Litigation Alert in the classroom primarily to supplement textbooks with current, real-world case studies, fostering better in-class discussion and allowing students to apply legal concepts to up-to-date issues. Key benefits for a professor include: Currency of Information: Textbooks can quickly become outdated in the fast-moving field of sports law. The bi-weekly Alert provides timely summaries…
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United States District Court Judge Fred W. Slaughter issued a 29-page Order granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Friday barring Concordia University Irvine (“CUI”) from “eliminating its women’s swimming & diving team, its women’s tennis team, and all other women’s varsity teams at CUI for the 2025-26 academic year, and for the duration of…
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Players Health, a leading provider of athlete safety and insurance solutions, announced yesterday a first-of-its-kind insurance partnership with Teamworks, “the Operating System for Sports™ powering 99% of D1 athletic departments and more than 6,500 elite sports teams globally.” This partnership integrates Players Health’s insurance quote generation capabilities into Teamworks’ General Manager (GM) contracting workflow, enabling…
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