The Jacksonville Jaguars have announced the promotion of Megha Parekh to executive vice president within the organization. Parekh was elevated to executive vice president and chief legal officer having already served as chief legal officer since 2016. She manages the...
The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced recently that Leanne E. Standryk, a partner at Lancaster Brooks & Welch LLP in St. Catharines, will be appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario....
The highly respected Chambers & Partners USA has recognized several US law firms in its annual rankings of those legal teams with the best sports law practice. Notable among this group were Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates, Latham...
Experienced sports lawyer Vered Yakovee has opened her own law firm, specializing in sports law and commercial transactions. Yakovee told Sports Litigation Alert that she started Yakovee Law “after lawyer friends at two professional sports teams contacted me to work...
Angie Torain has been appointed the Director of Athletics and Recreation at the University of Chicago. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2021. Torain will come to UChicago from the University of Notre Dame, where she is the senior associate athletics director of...
The Drake Group issued a May 15, 2021 update of its state-by-state NIL legislation database. Since California’s signing of the Fair Pay to Play Act September 30, 2019 (effective January 1, 2023), many more states have raced to follow suit proposing and passing similar...
The Ithaca College Park School of Communications will host a virtual program, entitled The State of Gender Equity in College Sport, on May 10, from 7 to 8:30 pm (EST). The program, which will be moderated by Dr. Ellen Staurowsky, Professor, Sports Media, Roy H. Park...
Foley & Lardner’s Sports & Entertainment Group, along with sports industry author and adviser Rick Horrow, will host its next Leadership Insight series – The Comeback: Sports in a Worldwide Pandemic – on May 12 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. “Our third installment...
NASCAR seeks a talented professional to join in the position of Corporate Counsel based in our Daytona Beach, Florida office. The Corporate Counsel will be responsible for wide range of general corporate legal and competition work in support of NASCAR, IMSA, ARCA and...
Herrick’s Sports Law Group will host on April 28 at 11 a.m. EST “an engaging conversation with some of the most influential industry thought leaders discussing the considerations and decisions behind welcoming fans, employees and athletes back to live events....
Hogan Lovells advised Pulse Sports & Entertainment (PSE) in an agreement to represent the English Premier League Everton Football Club in its plans to grow strategic partnerships and further develop a presence in the Americas. The English Premier League club,...
Rryan Cave Leighton Paisner has announced that sports lawyer and partner Ryan Davis will take the reins of the firm’s St. Louis office, effective May 1. He succeeds Robert Newmark, who has led the St. Louis office since 2011. Co-leader of BCLP’s Sports &...
