We are nearing the end of Representing the Professional Athlete MOOC as we head into week 4 focusing on athletes in their peak professional years and the challenges the agent and athlete will face together in this vital stage. This week students will gain an understanding of the history of publicity rights, constructing and defending against a […]
What: 4th Annual Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Entertainment and Sports Law Association Symposium When: Friday, April 11, 2014 Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Where: 1801 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 (Moot Court Room) (map) Other Information: 5 CLE Credits for Practitioners Schedule: 8:15 AM – 8:55 AM: Registration 8:55 AM – 9:00 AM: Introduction […]
Jeff Fannell of Jeff Fannell & Associates, LLC used to be an Assistant General Counsel with the Major League Baseball Players Association. Fannell worked with Robert Guerra, Bob Lenaghan, Matt Nussbaum, and Doyle Pryor as Assistant GCs at the MLBPA. He established his own consulting firm located in Bordentown, New Jersey in November 2010. Fannell currently advises baseball […]
While a little over a handful of arbitration eligible baseball players remain unsigned, most players who were eligible for arbitration have either gone to hearing or settled with their respective teams on single or multi-year deals. The unsigned player who is garnering the most attention is David Ortiz, who has requested $16.5 million, while the […]
What: 2011 Yale Law School Panel on Sports and the Law: Current Issues When: Monday, April 4, 2011 (6:30-8:00 p.m.) Where: Room 120 at Yale Law School Topics will include the NFL lockout, the possible NBA lockout, age and autonomy restrictions on professional athletes, digital media and the law, antitrust and sports, etc. Moderator MICHAEL […]
As of October 1, 2010, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) has a new set of Regulations Governing Player Agents. I am currently working on Co-Authoring a major law review/journal piece that will provide a complete synopsis of the 2010 Regulations. In the meantime, if you want to read through the entire document, feel […]
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has its fair share of influential sports lawyers. Now they have their own hangout. Gerik Jenco, a University of Pittsburgh law student who is also the Director of Operations for Del Duca Sports, came up with the idea of creating a Sports Law Committee of the Allegheny County Bar Association. The chair of […]
A couple of weeks ago, everyone was wondering the following: 1) Did Alex Rodriguez really fire Scott Boras as his agent, and 2) Did A-Rod then hire Jay Reisinger to take over as his new agent of record? Papers reported that A-Rod has in fact left Boras, but he has not hired Reisinger to take […]
Yesterday, I discussed a cause of action for a sports agent who loses a client based on another agent’s interference in his contractual relations with a client. As I assumed, the post has generated quite a bit of conversation on this site and also on social media sites like Twitter. Jay Reisinger, a partner at […]
In two hours, I will be on stage at the O’Connell Center (where UF plays its basketball games), officially graduating from University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. The whole family is in town, which is nice (but rare). On Monday, I begin studying for the Florida Bar. As I have mentioned before, other than […]