This has to be the least hyped NFL Draft in quite some time. There is more focus surrounding what is going down in the courtroom in Minnesota than what is transpiring in New York City. Our thoughts and prayers to everyone affected by the terrible weather in the Southeast. Thank G-d Passover is done. I […]
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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 […]
What: Harvard Law School 2011 Sports Law Symposium When: Friday, March 25, 2011 (9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.) Where: Ames Courtroom (9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) and Austin West (1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) PANEL #1 – AMATEURISM PANEL – 9:30-10:40am Different sports entities answer the question “what it means to be an amateur” in different […]
What: Seton Hall Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law 2011 Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium When: February 15, 2011 (4:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) Where: One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102 (map) The event will focus on the professional and ethical dilemmas confronting attorneys representing athletes and entertainers. 3 CLE credits will be awarded for full day […]
What: The New York Law School Institute for Information Law and Policy and the New York Law School Sports Law Society Second Annual Sports Law Symposium When: Friday, November 12, 2010 Where: New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Events Center, 2nd Floor Panels: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. – Hot Topics in Sports 2:30 […]
The hottest sports law topics at the moment seem to be conference realignment, NFLPA decertification, and the lingering athlete agent laws and NCAA regulations that are ineffective and ignored by many. A future symposium aims to discuss the latter issue to an extent, and only concerning the NCAA. What: Boston College Law Review Symposium: Legal […]
Typically, the deadline for teams to sign the players that they select in each MLB First-Year Player Draft is 11:59 p.m. EST on August 15. That deadline changes when August 15 falls on a weekend, pushing the deadline back to the first Monday following August 15. This year fell into the exception, which is why […]
Remember when I took roughly a week of your time going on a rant about interference with contractual relations? If you need a refresher, see: Sports Agents Interfering With Contractual Relations, Digging Deeper Into The Contractual Interference Claim, and The Interference With Contractual Relations Conversation Continues. In those posts, I looked into the claim that […]
It was covered all over the sports journalism landscape yesterday – The NFL lost its case in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League. It wasn’t just a loss, it was a unanimous loss (9-0). The basic holding is that the NFL is not recognized as a single-entity. Instead, for antitrust purposes, it is made […]
What: Panel – American Needle, Case in Point: Is the NFL a single entity? When: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 (Program: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., Reception: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.) Where: Sullivan & Worcester LLP, One Post Office Square, 21st Floor, Boston, MA 02109 (map) The Sports Lawyers Association and Sullivan & Worcester LLP will host a panel discussion […]