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Topics At Cardozo Sports Law Symposium Will Include Gambling, Fantasy Sports And Unionization

The first sports law symposium will be held at Cardozo and features an impressive list of panelists.

cardozoWhat: 2nd Annual Cardozo Sports Law Symposium

When: Friday, March 28, 2014

Where: Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Schedule

9:00am – 9:15am

  • Registration

9:15am – 9:30am

  • Opening Remarks
  • Dean Matthew Diller

9:30am – 10:45am

  • Panel: Internationalization and the Growth of Professional Sports Abroad
  • Moderator: Terry Lefton, Editor-At-Large for the Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily
  • Olivier Manigat, Cardozo ’08, Counsel at Major League Soccer
  • Andrew Kipper, Golf Agent, Excel Sports Management
  • Hymie Elhai, General Counsel, New York Jets
  • Mike Tannenbaum, President, Priority Sports, Coaches, Front Office & Broadcasters

10:55am – 12:10pm

  • Panel: Unionization in Professional and Collegiate Sports
  • Moderator: Dan Silverman, Labor Law Professor, Cardozo School of Law; Former Regional Director of the NLRB, New York Office
  • Michael Goldberg, Executive Director of the National Basketball Coaches Association
  • Hal Biagas, General Counsel of Excel Sports Management
  • Jason Belzer, Founder and President of Global Athletes Management Enterprise
  • Robert Boland, Academic Chair of the Sports Management Program at New York University

12:15pm – 1:15pm

  • Networking Lunch

1:20pm – 2:35pm

  • Panel: The Legal Implications Behind the World’s Largest Sporting Events
  • Moderator: Ayala Deutsch, Cardozo School of Law Adjunct Professor, Senior Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel National Basketball Association
  • Jeff Gewirtz, Vice President Business Affairs and Chief Legal Officer Brooklyn Nets
  • Mark Stefanacci, General Counsel, MetLife Stadium
  • Alison Wagner, Senior Counsel, National Hockey League
  • Mark Holtzman, Executive Director, Non-Baseball Events, New York Yankees

2:45pm – 4:00pm

  • Panel: The Rise of Fantasy Sports and Sports Gambling: The Legal Issues Surrounding The Rising Popularity of Fantasy Sports Gambling
  • Moderator: Michael Graif, Cardozo School of Law Adjunct Professor, Partner Curtis, Mallet-Provost, Colt & Mosle
  • Marc Edelman, Associate Professor of Law, Baruch College; Sports Lawyer
  • Brian Schwartz, Founder and CEO, Draftstreet
  • Christopher LaVigne, Counsel Shearman & Sterling LLP
  • Tom Griffiths, Co-Founder, Fanduel

For more information on registration, visit here.