What: Discussion about the legal implications the use of steroids can have on the athletes, management and the game of baseball. Where: WVU Law Center’s Marlyn Lugar Courtroom. When: Wednesday, April 16, 2008. 2:00PM. Topic: False/Positives: The Current State of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports. Panelists: Jay Reisinger – attorney for Andy Pettitte and Sammy […]
Category: Sports Law
What: 12th Annual Fordham Sports Law Symposium Where: Fordham Law School McNally Amphitheatre. Click here for map. When: Friday, April 11, 2008. Registration begins at 8:45AM. Symposium ends at 4:30PM. Topics: Financing and Structuring Acquisitions of Sports Teams and Stadiums Sports Merchandising and Memorabilia Amateurism and the NCAA Keynote Speaker: John K. Mara – New […]
What: The First Annual Nova Southeastern University Sports Law Symposium. Where: Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL. Click here for map. When: Saturday, April 5, 2008. First panel begins at 10:00AM. Main Topic: The Growth of the Florida Sports Market. Other Topics: Licensing in College Athletics. So Your Client is not a First Round Draft Pick. […]
Joshua Knipp, a 2L at Wake Forest University, asked me an interesting question via email: I am involved in a Law Practice Management class at Wake and we are setting up our law firm practice. My group naturally is a sports law firm and our slogan states, “Elite Athletes, Elite Representation, Elite Results”. Our professor […]
Guest contribution by Paul Stuart Haberman It may be popularly known as the “Sweet Science,” but professional boxing can be a sour experience for many of its athletes that are not at the very top of their weight class or are not big draws on a local, regional, national, or international level. This reality is […]
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Weekend Full Of Symposiums
If you are planning on being in Tallahassee, FL, Miami, FL, or Philadelphia, PA, then you are in luck (unless you seriously despise sports symposiums). All three cities will be hosting various panels discussing the legal and business side of sports on Saturday. Descriptions below: University of Miami 11th ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS LAW SYMPOSIUM […]
The saying is “come hard, or don’t come at all.” Reggie Bush—he comes strapped. Well, at least his bodyguard does. The latest bizarre turn of events in the once intriguing and now implausible Bush fiasco has former Blood-turned sports marketing agent Lloyd Lake walking out before his schedule deposition in relation to his lawsuit filed […]
At one time, sport figures and entertainment figures occupied different social worlds but now these individuals jump from one world to the next and have blurred the lines. Successful (sometimes not so successful) athletes tend to become entertainment figures during and after their competitive careers. One of the major issues that sport and entertainment lawyers […]
In Fall 2003, Mark Doman wrote a piece in the Texas Review Of Entertainment & Sports Law titled, Attorneys As Athlete-Agents: Reconciling the ABA Rules of Professional Conduct with the Practice of Athlete Representation. I have not been able to find a free version of the article, but if you have access to LexisNexis or […]
In case you did not already know, I am a 1st year law student at the University of Florida. As a 1L, I have taken the opportunity to get involved and was elected onto the Executive Board of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Society (EASLS) as the Director of Public Relations. This is great […]