Shana De Caro, a partner in the New York personal injury law firm, De Caro & Kaplen, LLP, has been elected as chairwoman of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) for 2021. De Caro has advocated on behalf of individuals and their families following a traumatic or acquired brain injury for over 35 years,…
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Dan Arment, President & CEO of Riddell & BRG Sports, has been re-elected as the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) Chairman of the Board for a second one-year term. In addition, two new directors were elected, and four members were re-elected, to the SFIA Board of Directors for three-year terms. This announcement was made…
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Irwin Kishner, Chairman of Herrick, Feinstein LLP’s Executive Committee, has announced the elevation of Jacqueline Duval to partner, effective January 1, 2021. Duval, a partner in the Tax Department and chair of the Family Office Group, concentrates her practice on domestic and international tax as well as finance and investing; private equity, hedge funds, venture…
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Jackson Walker’s Bob Latham has been re-elected to another four-year term on the World Rugby Executive Committee, on which he has served as a member since 2011. In addition, Latham was reconfirmed as Chair of the Regulations Committee, a position he has held since 2012. Based in Dublin, World Rugby is the international federation for…
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Dawson Brings an MBA in Journalism as well as Experience Working at Daily and Weekly Newspapers to the Nation’s Leading Publisher of Sports Law Periodicals Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced today the hire of Peter Dawson, a sports business journalist, to help the company expand its presence in…
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Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced today the availability of the summer issue of Sports Medicine and the Law (SML). Supported by Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, the preeminent law firm when it comes to representing clients in the niche, the latest issue features the following articles: New Bellwether…
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If college football calls off the fall season, it will not resume until next fall. Mark it down. Consider that a vaccine likely will not be ready until late winter. I know. I know. The media keeps telling us it is around the corner. And who is feeding them this line of crap, pharmaceutical companies…
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DUGGAN BERTSCH, LLC has announced that one of its partners, sports lawyer Timothy Liam Epstein, has been named one of Billboard Magazine’s top music lawyers of 2020 for his work on behalf of clients in the live entertainment space. Tim is one of the featured attorneys in the introductory piece discussing how he has helped…
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The University of New Haven and the Pompea College of Business has announced the appointment of Professor Gil Fried to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Youth Sports (NCYS). The NCYS is the umbrella organization for numerous youth sport organizations throughout the United States. There are approximately 60 million youth sport participants…
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“NCAA member schools and conferences make their own decisions regarding regular season and conference tournament play. As we have stated, we will make decisions on our events based on the best, most current public health guidance available. Neither the NCAA COVID-19 advisory panel, made up of leading public health and infectious disease experts in America,…
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