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Marquette Law’s “Hot Topics in Sports Law and Business”

What: Conference – “Hot Topics in Sports Law and Business.” When: Friday, October 21, 2011 Where: Eckstein Hall at Marquette University Law School Schedule: 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.: Registration (Eckstein Hall entrance) 9:00 – 12:00 p.m.: Morning Panels (Appellate Courtroom, room 144) 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.: Conference Lunch (room 433) 1:15 – 5:00 p.m.: Afternoon Panels (Appellate Courtroom, room 144) 5:00 […]

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Arizona State’s 2nd Annual Conference On Sports & Entertainment Law

I must say that I am personally looking forward to the following event.  I will be in attendance as a participant on a couple of panels at Arizona State’s 2nd Sports and Entertainment Law Conference.  The full details (as they currently stand) are posted below.  If you happen to be in the area, be sure […]

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National Sports Law Negotiation Competition

The National Sports Law Negotiation Competition will bring 20 law schools and 40 competitors from around the United States to Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, CA from September 23-25, 2011.  The event will include the competition itself along with a Sports Law Symposium (the 10th of its kind).  For information on the […]

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2011 Santa Clara Sports Law Symposium

What: Santa Clara Law 2011 Sports Law Symposium When: September 8, 2011 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Where: Locatelli Center, Santa Clara University (map) Topics: Concussions (Keynote: DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, NFLPA), Steroids (Keynote: Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN Investigative Reporter), Labor Strife (Keynote: William B. Gould, IV, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board), and the Use of Player Images […]

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Authors Wanted For Upcoming Sports Law Book

The Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association is seeking authors for an upcoming book focusing on issues and topics in Sports Law.  Individual chapters within the book will focus on the following subjects: NCAA and college/university athletic rules Arena football Right of publicity and privacy of athletes Doping […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/10/2011)

I am totally embracing all of the Miami Heat trash talk, so if you want to get in on the action, feel free to Tweet Me your best diss about my hometown team.  I am still convinced that the Heat win the series in seven.  Dynasty Athlete Representation had a couple of players drafted this […]

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Florida Workers Compensation Law To Affect Athletes

In case you did not know, I have been blogging at ChangeLegal.com since September 2010 (albeit not nearly as regularly as I post here at Sports Agent Blog).  While I am very much intrigued and interested in the sports agent profession, I have found myself itching to write about some of the hottest topics in […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (5/27/2010)

Michael Jasper has been receiving a lot of press lately.  My favorite piece was written at ProFootballWeekly.com – Jasper overcomes enormous odds on journey to NFL.  Also have to love the press about Gabe Carimi, Bear Jew.  If only the players and owners could agree on a new collective bargaining agreement.  I am ecstatic about the […]

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Agent Regulation Symposium

One of the people that I met at the 2011 Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) Annual Conference in Washington D.C. is Roy Kessel, founder of sports law blog, From the Bench.  Roy is also founder of the Sports Philanthropy Foundation (SPF), instructor in Northwestern University’s Masters in Sports Administration Program, and served for many years as […]

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Wrap-Up: 2011 Sports Lawyers Association Annual Conference

After many years of hoping to attend the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) Annual Conference, this year was the first time that I actually made it to the event.  In the past, there were always conflicts with my schedule (a couple of times I was in Israel when the event was held).  I picked a good […]