(Editor’s note: Reprinted from the pages and Sports Litigation Alert, the nation’s leading sports law periodical, providing subscribers with access to searchable archive of more than 6,000 articles and case summaries.) By Anna Giambelluca, Esq. When we think of concussion litigation, we picture professional football and other major contact sports. Cases involving the NFL, NHL,…
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100lawfirms.com is a portal that recognizes excellence and serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the sixth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” which is a directory that serves…
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Hackney Publications (HP), the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, will publish its 6th annual list of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practice Groups You Need to Know About” on March 16. It won’t be easy identifying the top 100 for the portal, which recognizes excellence and serves as a resource for those…
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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 Key benefits for a professor include: Currency of Information: Textbooks can quickly become outdated in the fast-moving field of sports law.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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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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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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(Editor’s Note: What is shared here is one of 13 articles from the latest Sports Litigation Alert, the nation’s leading sports law periodical.) By Christopher R. Deubert, Senior Writer In a September 21, 2023 decision, the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted a motion to dismiss by the NFL and…
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(Editor’s Note: What follows is a case summary from Sports Litigation Alert, the nation’s leading sports law periodical. Besides sharing the latest news and analysis, subscribers to the Alert have access to a searchable archive of close to 5,000 original case summaries and articles.) By Courtney E. Dunn, of Segal McCambridge Plaintiff Courtney Barrett was…
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(Editor’s note: the following was written recently by Gary Chester, our long-time senior writer and a sports law professor, for Sports Litigation Alert. The Alert is the most-comprehensive sports law periodical in the nation, publishing 15 to 20 case summaries and articles every two weeks, and featuring a searchable archive of 5,000 summaries and articles.)…
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