Thanks to a colleague and friend of mine, Hays Mathis, for letting me know 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). Reebok has an exclusive license with the NFL to […]
Category: Sports Law
After A-Rod’s memorable apology and admission of using steroids and performance enhancing drugs from 2001-2003, many comments and allegations, both positive and negative, have been thrown around. Alex Rodriguez was another big name star on the list of admitted steroid users during baseball’s “asterisks era.” Although Alex did tarnish his reputation by acknowledging his use […]
Nebraska may soon become the thirty-seventh state to adopt the Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA). New Jersey also has UAAA legislation waiting to be accepted or rejected in its House. Only four of the twelve remaining states have any athlete-agent laws on their books, leaving eight states without any agent registration requirements. The UAAA has […]
What: Panel Discussion on Sports Litigation Where: Yale Law School. See map. When: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 – 4:10 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Moderator: MICHAEL MCCANN (Professor at Vermont Law School; Legal Analyst at Sports Illustrated) Panelists: HAL BIAGAS (Deputy Counsel, National Basketball Players Association; plays a lead role in collective bargaining for players and […]
What: Symposium: Diversity and Sports: The History, The Challenges, and The Future. Where: Widener University School of Law. See map. When: Monday, March 16, 2009 – 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Schedule: 9:00-9:45 am: Continental Breakfast and Check-in 9:45-10:00 am: Introductory Comments Linda L. Ammons, JD, Associate Provost and Dean, Widener University School of Law; […]
Go check out the National Sports and Entertainment Law Society’s blog for a post by Tassos Kaburakis, Ph. D., an Assistant Professor of Sport Law and Sport Management and Director of the Sport Management Graduate Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has a very in-depth response to the recent Opinion and Judgment Entry released […]
An Opinion and Judgment Entry has been released by Judge Tygh M. Tone in the Common Pleas Court of Erie County, Ohio. The case: Andrew A. Oliver vs. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al. If the name Andy Oliver does not mean anything to you, take a quick walk through the posts that have been […]
What: Symposium: Intellectual Property Issues in Sports Where: Loyola’s downtown LA campus – Robinson Courtroom. See map. When: Friday, March 6, 2009 – 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Schedule: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Jay F. Dougherty, Loyola Law School – Copyright Issues in Sports Chandran B. Iyer, Sughrue Mion, PLLC – Patent Issues in […]
Categories
Let’s Make A Deal…Or Not
I thought it might be nice to write something about the NFL Network without inserting a footnote after every sentence. Rest assured, I’ve done my research. As you might know, the NFL Network and Comcast have been battling in court for the past few years. There are two distinct cases. One is before the FCC […]
Joshua Meredith is on a mission to create a new Entertainment and Sports Law Certificate program at the Syracuse University College of Law and reached out to me with the hope that I could spread word about his effort and possibly find some help for him to accomplish his mission. The certificate for the program […]