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Hogan Lovells Advises Guidehouse on Sponsorship Deal with D.C. United

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has advised Guidehouse Inc., a global consultancy, on a major sponsorship deal with D.C. United, a professional men’s soccer club based in Washington, D.C. Guidehouse is a global provider of consulting services to public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in risk management, technology, and risk consulting. The Virginia-based…
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Kansas Athletics Names Sports Lawyer to AD Cabinet

Kansas Director of Athletics Travis Goff rounded-out his leadership team for Kansas Athletics earlier this month by adding Megan Walawender, Deputy Athletics Director for Compliance and Legal Affairs, to his AD Cabinet. Walawender first joined the university in 2016 as associate general counsel for the university. She now serves as Deputy AD in addition to…
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Law Firm Partners with LSU Men’s Basketball Guard Jordan Wright

Louisiana personal injury attorney Gordon McKernan has announced another Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal, this one with Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Men’s Basketball guard, Jordan Wright. The signing marks a significant milestone as the first men’s basketball student-athlete to join McKernan’s roster of NIL partnerships. Since the NCAA’s groundbreaking decision to allow student-athletes to leverage…
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A Plea for Congressional Intervention Into the Athlete Protection Systems of the United States Tennis Association

Respectfully submitted by Marci A. Hamilton, Esq., CEO, CHILD USA Nancy Hogshead, Esq., CEO, Champion Women Robert Allard, Esq., Corsiglia, McMahon and Allard, LLP Urgent Call to Congress: Protecting Athletes from Sexual Abuse in Tennis We are writing to bring to your attention a critical issue that demands immediate action from Congress: the pervasive problem…
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Loeb Guides U.S. Women’s National Team Legends in Establishing Professional Women’s Soccer Team in the Bay Area

Loeb & Loeb represented former U.S. Women’s National Team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner in their efforts to bring a National Women’s Soccer League franchise team to the San Francisco Bay Area. The new franchise, co-founded by global investment firm Sixth Street in partnership with Brandi, Danielle, Leslie and Aly,…
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U.S. Senator Sends Letter to NCAA President About Association’s Stance on Trans Issue

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (Missouri) sent the following letter NCAA President Charlie Baker yesterday, questioning the association’s policy about permitting transgender athletes in the locker room with biological female athletes. It reads as follows: Yesterday you testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on issues in collegiate athletics. Arguably none is more important than the safety…
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Spencer Fane Sports Lawyer Opines on Potential Cost of Terminating Contract of College Football Coach

Spencer Fane attorney Peter Goplerud was recently quoted in an MLive.com article examining the ongoing controversy surrounding Michigan Sate football coach Mel Tucker. In the piece, The $75 Million Legal Questions of a Potential Michigan State-Mel Tucker Split, Peter spoke with MLive’s Kyle Austin about the costly payout the university might have to make to terminate Tucker following sexual harassment…
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Company is Named ‘Official Tequila of Louisiana State University;’ Something Is Off

I have nothing against Tequila as I have been known to occasionally imbibe in the spirt. But it certainly seemed weird to see that LSU has embraced NOËL Family Distillery and its luxury tequila of the same name as the official tequila of LSU Athletics in Baton Rouge. “Fans at Tiger Stadium will kick off the upcoming football…
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Seventeen Veteran Baseball Scouts Sue Baseball for Age Discrimination

(Editor’s Note: Below is an excerpt from an article from the most recent Sports Litigation Alert. The author, Ed Edmonds, is a Professor Emeritus of Law at the Notre Dame Law School. His scholarly interests include labor and antitrust issues in baseball.) By Ed Edmonds Seventeen veteran baseball scouts[1] filed an Age Discrimination in Employment Act…
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Sports Law Expert Podcast features Bricker Graydon’s Kasey Nielsen and Joel Nielsen on Legal Issues in College Athletics

Hackney Publications has announced the release of the latest episode of Sports Law Expert Podcast, which features Kasey Nielsen and Joel Nielsen of Bricker Graydon, who discuss legal issues in collegiate athletics. The podcast segment can be heard here. Going forward, those interested in being notified when a segment of the podcast goes live can…
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