The University of West Florida (UWF, Pensacola, FL) has announced that Gil Fried has joined the faculty in the College of Education and Professional Studies (CEPS), starting in the fall 2021 semester. Professor Fried will not just teach sport management courses,...
The Montreal Canadiens have announced the appointment of France Margaret Bélanger to the position of President, Sports and Entertainment of Groupe CH. France Margaret joined the organization in 2013 as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer after acquiring...
The University of Missouri has announced that Desiree Reed-Francois, athletics director at UNLV, has been named as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for the university. Reed-Francois has more than 25 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics and was the...
By Tony Corleto, of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP (The following appeared in Concussion Defense Reporter, a publication produced by Hackney Publications.) What is federal preemption? In the legal world, federal preemption is a doctrine based on the...
By Jacob Grubman, of Ifrah Law With a new bill authorizing online gaming in New Jersey for the first time in 2013, Department of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck and his staff went looking for ways to assuage industry concerns that online firms would...
By JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek, PhD, FACSM This article is an excerpt from the new, ground-breaking textbook — Law for Fitness Managers and Exercise Professionals by JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek, PhD, Barbara J. Zabawa, JD, MPH, and Paul R. Fenaroli, JD. This excerpt,...
Jonathan Taylor QC is hailed as a giant among global sports lawyers. Head of the sports law group at Bird & Bird in London and co-editor of one of the leading textbooks in the field, his portfolio of clients includes international...
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has advised the Kansas City Pioneers LLC, an emerging esports organization, on several fundraising, sponsorship, employment, corporate, and team-property acquisition and divestiture matters. Most recently, the firm supported the Pioneers in the...
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer These pages have chronicled the never-ending dispute between Major League Baseball and DNA Sports Performance Lab, Inc., and its owner, Neiman Nix. DNA Sports makes a substance that that contains the banned substance IGH-1. One...
By Robert J. Romano, JD LLM, Sports Law Professor, St. Johns University When U. S. Olympic athlete Gwen Berry stood on the podium to accept her third place medal at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials, she stirred up an unintentional controversy when she turned...
(The following appeared in My Legal Bookie, a publication produced by Hackney Publications and Ifrah Law. It is available on a complimentary basis at My Legal Bookie.) Just a few years ago, sports betting was considered taboo; but now it is widely accepted,...
American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the promotion of Ellen Ferris to the position of Senior Associate Commissioner for Governance and Compliance. Ferris had served as Associate Commissioner for Governance and Compliance since she joined...