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Interview with Vered N. Yakovee

Guest contribution by Andrew Delaney, Director of Operations at the National Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Vered Yakovee is a dynamic individual. She is well-connected and well-versed in the sports and entertainment law fields. She teaches Sports Law at USC Gould School of Law, practices all aspects of sports law and insurance coverage law, and […]

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Sports Law

2011 Is Not That Far Away

The 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium is roughly only 5 months away, and there already is a lot of buzz about the future event amongst sports business and sports law professionals.  We have already secured a plethora of amazing panelists, moderators, and our keynote speaker;  names will be announced within the next few weeks.  As […]

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Sports Law

Judge Sotomayor Through The Lens Of Sports

In case you did not know, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is a nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States.  If she is confirmed by Congress, Judge Sotomayor will become the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in the history of the U.S.  The confirmation hearings have been publicized by every major media outlet, and while […]

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Sports Law

A Big Parley (NFL + NBA + MLB + NHL + NCAA) v. Delaware

On Friday of last week, the NCAA, along with “The Big Four” American professional sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL (side note: I recently heard a professor refer to them as the Big 3.5), filed a federal suit against the state of Delaware.  The leagues + NCAA are concerned over Delaware’s new declaration to allow […]

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2 on 2: Sam Keller and Ed O’Bannon vs. NCAA and CLC (with EA on the bench)

The time has come.  I have read article after article and received tweet after tweet about a couple of high profile lawsuits against the NCAA and Collegiate Licensing Company (one also includes Electronic Arts as a defendant), so it’s time to stop collecting tabs on my Firefox browser and address some of the issues involved […]

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Sports Law

New York Court Finds It Premature to Rule on Sports Agent Case

A New York state court has denied a defendant law firm’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by one of its attorneys, whose contract was not renewed when he tried and failed to establish a sports agent business on behalf of the defendant law firm. The court found specifically that while the defendants have established […]

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A Taxing Discussion

Admittedly, I am not an expert on tax issues, for that, you may have to visit a site similar to Good Service Tax (https://www.goodservicetax.com/) or a law firm that specializes in tax matters. My specialty in high school was math (perfect score on the SAT), but I ended up majoring in Political Science and have […]

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Eddy Curry Wants To Open Up The Books

One thing that I have learned since starting this blog and reading quite a bit of material on the sports agent profession, is that nine times out of ten, a sports agent should not be in charge of handling his clients’ money.  In fact, maybe a sports agent should never personally handle client income.  I […]

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NFL Teams Sports Law

Supreme Court Grants Cert For American Needle

In February, we told you that the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General’s Office to comment on the Cert Request for the case of American Needle Inc. v. National Football League (2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 17553).  The Solicitor General’s comment read: “Don’t grant cert” – in many more words. Just three months later, and […]

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Law and Order

It’s been some time since I’ve last posted an article, but this couldn’t have been a better time for me to vent. In light of the recent happenings with athletes and their run ins with the law, I have come to the simple conclusion that the U.S legal system is an absolute joke. I know […]