What: Harvard Law School Spring 2012 Sports Law Symposium When: Friday, March 23, 2012 Where: Ames Courtroom at Harvard Law School The Harvard Law School Sports Law Symposium will focus on the legal and business issues surrounding the recent collective bargaining disputes in the three major leagues and the issues that must still be worked out. The […]
What: University of Miami School of Law 15th Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium Co-Hosted by the Miami Marlins When: Saturday, April 14, 2012 Where: Marlins Park, 501 Marlins Way, Miami, Florida 33125 Schedule BREAKFAST, REGISTRATION, AND OPENING REMARKS: 8:00AM – 8:40AM Breakfast, registration, and opening remarks will occur before the start of the symposium. PANEL I: 8:40AM – […]
What: Seton Hall Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law 2012 Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium When: March 1, 2012 (4:00 p.m.) Where: One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102 (map) The event will address emerging legal issues concerning internet gambling and reality television. PANEL 1 — INTERNET GAMBLING (4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.) Panel 1 will focus on recent internet gambling […]
On Friday, I received a forwarded email that was originally sent to a group of football players by a lawyer named Billy Conaty, who works for a multi-state law firm named Montgomery McCracken. Conaty introduced himself as a former NFL player, briefly described the pending concussion-based lawsuits pending against the NFL, and offered his […]
What: The sports law societies of Loyola, UCLA, and USC have collaborated to produce the second-annual “The Avenues of Sports Law” When: Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. (Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.) Where: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles: Robinson Courtroom (First floor in the Girardi building). Parking is free. Map. The event is currently comprised […]
What: DEPAUL JOURNAL OF SPORTS LAW & CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 2012 Symposium – MONEY & SPORTS: ECONOMIC REALITIES OF BEING AN ATHLETE When: Friday, March 2, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Networking: 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.) Where: Room 8005 of the DePaul Center, located at 1 East Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604-2287 9:00 – 9:05 AM Symposium […]
What: 5th Annual Nova Southeastern University Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium When: Sunday, February 26, 2012 Where: Nova Southeastern University (Shepard Broad Law Center, 3305 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314) AGENDA 9:30-10:00 Check-In and Breakfast 10:00-10:20 Opening Remarks 10:20-11:20 (Panel #1) What’s Trending in Fashion Law Panelists: Emily Graham, Owner at The Law Offices of Emily Patricia Graham Kim […]
What: 7th Annual Widener University School of Law Sports and Entertainment Law CLE Symposium When: Thursday, February 16, 2012 (10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) Where: Widener University School of Law Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom (4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803) Offering FIVE (5) CLE credits in DE & PA (including one ethics credit) AGENDA 9:00–9:50 am Registration and Continental Breakfast (included with registration) 9:50–9:55 am Introductions 9:55–10:00 am Welcome: Sports and Entertainment Association Panel One – Sports Panel 10:00–11:15 am “Sports Law in Hindsight: A Dissection of the […]
On December 31, 2007, I became formally licensed as an athlete agent (commonly referred to as “sports agent”) by my home state of Florida. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations provided me Athlete Agent License #721 in return for my payment of an initial fee in excess of $1,300. Since that point in […]
In November 2011, I had the privilege of sitting on a couple of panels with Travis Leach at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s 2nd Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law. We engaged in a lively discussion regarding Collective Bargaining Agreements in the “Big 4” sports as well as sports agent […]