What: University of Oregon School of Law Sports and Entertainment Law Forum – The Changing Face of Athletics and Entertainment in the Northwest When: Friday January, 27 2012 Where: White Stag Building, Portland, Oregon (map) Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.: Registration 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Panel Presented by Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt: Entertainment in the Northwest […]
Robert Quinn was selected #14 overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 2011 NFL Draft. Quinn was represented by Carl Carey, Jr. of Champion Pro Consulting Group, Inc. months prior to being selected by the Rams. Carey, Jr. paid for for many of Quinn’s expenses leading up to the NFL Draft, including the player’s housing, transportation, and […]
What: Second Annual National Sports Law Negotiation Competition 2012 When: September 28-30, 2012 Where: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California The Competition will include 4 rounds of negotiation problems in sports topics. The San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants baseball game will be held in multiple luxury suites at Petco Park on September 28. The Competition will […]
The following article is a guest contribution from Mitchell S. Halpern, JD; Principal at O’Connor & Drew, P.C. Mr. Halpern has provided tax advice to professional athletes for over 25 years. The case that was most responsible for the public’s awareness of IRS activity with respect to its examination of deductions claimed by professional athletes […]
A Venezuelan company named Hablemos de Beisbol Magazine and Foundation, run by Omar Gelvis (@Omarcito13 on Twitter), coordinated a Baseball All Star Fan Fest comprising modern Major League Baseball players, retired Hall of Famers, and baseball legends in Maracaibo from December 12-16, 2011. The event received a great deal of press in Venezuela. Autograph tickets were […]
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University announced the publication of its inaugural edition of the Sports and Entertainment Law Journal at the first Arizona State University Sports & Entertainment Law Conference, held in late 2010. For a first issue of a Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, I was pleasantly surprised with the authors and […]
Michael Beasley of the Minnesota Timberwolves is certainly thankful that the NBA season will soon commence. He also has to be happy that he was granted summary judgment in the lawsuit filed against him by his former agent Joel Bell of Bell Sports, Inc. As reported by the Washington Post, the judge granted Beasley summary judgment after finding that Beasley’s […]
The State of North Carolina and the NCAA have been busy fighting over access to documents regarding findings from the NCAA’s investigation of past NFLPA agent activity on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s campus. On July 29, 2011, North Carolina’s Secretary of State Elaine Marshall issued a subpoena asking for said documents, which are apparently under the […]
Last week, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, Anthony Tolliver, and Derrick Williams filed a Class Action Complaint against the NBA and its member teams in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. At roughly the same time, another class of NBA players filed a similar lawsuit in the Northern District of California. The California lawsuit has since been dismissed […]
The state of Arkansas went into 2011 with a goal of passing legislation that would implement stricter punishments for those who violate the state’s athlete agent law, including sports agents, athletes’ relatives, and third parties who negotiate benefits in exchange for an athlete attending a university. The legislation, heralded by Representative David J. Sanders and […]