LNS Captioning, which has been providing captioning services to the sports industry for more than a decade, has announced that Austin FC, Major League Soccer’s newest team, has begun using its services. LNS Captioning President Carol Studenmund, FAPR, RDR, CRC, said...
Alicia Jessop, associate professor of sport administration at Seaver College, has been named faculty athletics representative at Pepperdine University. Appointed by President Jim Gash (JD ’93), Jessop began serving in this role on August 1, 2021. As the faculty...
Greenspoon Marder has announced the hire of Bruce B. Siegal as of counsel to the firm’s Entertainment, Media & Technology Industry Group in the Atlanta office. Siegal brings more than 30 years of sports industry and intellectual property experience to Greenspoon...
The family of a man, who tripped and fell at University Stadium at the University of New Mexico (UNM), leading to a fatal head injury, has sued UNM. The family of John Haaland allege university officials created dangerous conditions at the facility and were thus...
Cassie (Sadowitz) McBride has been named vice president & general counsel of the San Jose Sharks. McBride is not new to professional sports having served as General Counsel of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Associate Counsel of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Intern,...
NASCAR® and Penn Interactive, a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. have announced a new multiyear market access partnership in the state of Arizona. As part of the agreement, Penn National’s Barstool Sportsbook will become the exclusive Sportsbook of Phoenix...
Two concussion webinars will be held in the coming weeks that will explore more deeply the issues around Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), from the defendant’s perspective. Both webinars are sponsored by Concussion Defense Reporter. Human Factors in Sports...
Bond, Shoeneck & King has announced the hire of Senior Counsel Michael Sheridan, a former attorney with the NCAA. Sheridan will represent colleges & universities and student-athletes nationwide on NCAA infractions, compliance, and eligibility matters. As a...
Fitness Law Academy, LLC has announced the availability of Law for Fitness Managers and Exercise Professionals, by JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek, PhD, Barbara J. Zabawa, JD, MPH, and Paul R. Fenaroli, JD. The publisher describes the textbook is the “go to” resource for...
Nina E. King will be the next Vice President and Director of Athletics at Duke University, the school has announced. King is currently Duke’s senior deputy director of athletics for administration and legal affairs and chief of staff. She will succeed Kevin M. White,...
Hogan Lovells represented NX Football USA LLC in an investment for a 50% equity interest of Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa, S.A. de C.V., the company that owns the Necaxa Soccer Club (“Club Necaxa”). The transaction was approved by the Mexican Football Federation on...
The LEAD1 Association (“LEAD1”), which represents the athletics directors of the 130-member schools of the Football Bowl Subdivision (“FBS”), and Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, released today a new publication to help...