The 4th Annual New York Law School Sports Law Symposium was supposed to take place on November 2, 2012 (I even wrote about it here), but then Hurricane Sandy became a major storm, caused devastation in New York, and caused the symposium planners to postpone the event. However, their resolve has been demonstrated, and the event is reborn. On Friday, February 22, 2013, NYLS will host its 4th Annual Sports Law Symposium, and I promise to be in attendance (absent a natural disaster).
The Symposium will be held at 185 West Broadway, New York, NY [W201 (Events Center)]. While originally I was to speak on both the Intellectual Property Issues in Sports and Breaking Into the Sports Industry panels, the IP panel was scrapped. I will still be speaking on the Breaking Into the Sports Industry Panel and added the Negotiating Media Rights Acquisitions Panel, as well.
Here is the info provided by NYLS:
Tentative PANELS
12:00 pm – Registration Opens
12:45 pm – Opening Remarks
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Bankruptcy Issues in Sports (1 CLE Credit – Professional Practice (“P.P.”) )
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm – Analysis and Impact of the Concussion Litigation (1 CLE Credit – P.P.)
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Negotiating Media Rights Acquisitions (1 CLE Credit – P.P.)
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm – Breaking Into the Sports Industry Q&A
5:30 pm – Networking Reception
PANELISTS *
Jodi Balsam, Associate Professor at NYLS; Former Counsel for Operations and Litigation at the NFL
Robert Boland, Professor of Sports Management & Sports Business at New York University
Robert Erb ’91, CEO at Schutt Sports; Adjunct Professor at New York Law School
Frank Golding, YouTube Director, Head of Sports for North America at Google
Frank Hawkins, Partner at Scalar Media Partners; Former SVP Business Affairs at the NFL
Darren Heitner, Founder of the Sports Agent Blog; Partner at Wolfe Law; Contributor at Forbes Magazine;
Jeannine Kenney, Associate Counsel at Hausfeld LLC; Plantiff’s Liason Counsel for NFL concussion litigation
J. Carlos Kuri, Vice President and General Counsel at New York Red Bulls
Jeffrey Levitan ’83, Partner at Proskauer Rose LLP
Michael McCann, Legal Analysts at SI & NBA TV; Professor & Director of Sports Law Institute at Vermont Law School;
Matthew Pace, Partner at Arent Fox LLP
Irwin Raij, Partner and co-chair of the Sports Industry Team at Foley & Lardner LLP
Robert Raiola, CPA; Sports & Entertainment Group Manager at Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tankel, LaPilusa, LLC
Frank Saviano, Associate at Proskauer Rose LLP
Alan Schwarz, Reporter at New York Times
David Soskin ’08, Counsel at ESPN, Inc.; Adjunct Professor at New York Law School
Meredith Wolff, Associate Staff Attorney at NHL Enterprises, L.P.
*panelists subject to change
