Hackney Publications has announced that it has published its latest recording on Sports Law Expert – a Podcast, with future releases set to be distributed on December 15 and December 30. Today’s guest is sports lawyer Richard Giller of Greenspoon Marder, who leads the firm’s Insurance Recovery and Counseling practice group. The segment can be heard here.…
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Texas Rangers Associate General Counsel Erin Kearney recently noted that the team is “looking for a newer associate, with 2-4 years of practice in some form of commercial real estate (leasing, lending, development, etc.). We have an amazing, hardworking department that functions as a unified team. Great things are coming to Arlington, Texas, and this…
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The Nation’s Leading Publisher of Sports Law Periodicals Will Share the Podcast Across All of Its Platforms, Bringing Recognition to Leaders in the Sports Law Industry. Hackney Publications announced today that it will introduce its first podcast – Sports Law Expert, which will regularly feature insights from leaders in the sports law industry, on November…
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WWE® (NYSE: WWE) announced today that Dan Ventrelle will join the company as EVP, Talent, and Maurice F. Edelson will join as EVP, Chief Legal Officer. Edelson brings to WWE nearly 25 years of legal and business experience within the media, arts and entertainment industries. He joins the company from The Juilliard School, where he served…
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N.C. State University has responded to a lawsuit brought by a former student athlete alleging abuse at the hands of an athletic trainer employed by the school. Here is the statement: “On Jan. 19, 2022, a former student athlete reported to NC State University Police allegations of sexual misconduct by an athletic trainer between 2015 and…
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The Drake Group, an organization focused on reforming collegiate athletics, has announced the election of attorney Julie Sommer as our President-Elect as well as the reelection of Board members-at-large B. David Ridpath, Bruce Smith, and Connee Zotos. Dr. Ridpath, Associate Professor of Sports Business at Ohio University, College of Business, is Academic Co-Editor of the…
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The global law firm of Hogan Lovells represented Rob Walton, Carrie Walton Penner and Greg Penner in the purchase and sale agreement announced on June 7 for the Walton-Penner family to acquire the Denver Broncos from the Pat Bowlen Trust. The Hogan Lovells deal team was led by partners Matt Eisler, head of the firm’s…
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Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has donated $1,000 to Austin Pets Alive!, a leader in No Kill sheltering in America’s largest No Kill city – Austin. “My company has been blessed to have very loyal subscribers, advertisers and sponsors,” said Holt Hackney, the founder. “I am grateful for that support…
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Invitation to CWI Zoom, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, 12:00-1:30 PM Eastern May 24th Noon Registration Link This CWI meeting will be hosted by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., and Donna Lopiano, Ph.D., who are members of the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group. (https://womenssportspolicy.org/) The WSPWG’s mission is to affirm the legal permissibility of separate-sex competitive sports while restructuring sport to include…
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Hackney Publications has announced that its readers have identified Robinson Bradshaw as one of a handful of law firms that are leaders in the sports law field in its annual Roster of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About.” Besides recognizing law firms for their achievements, the portal serves as a resource for those…
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