By Takao Ohashi, Attorney-at-law in Japan In April of 2021, the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (JSAA), which handles disputes related to national federations of the Olympics and Paralympics in Japan, issued an arbitral award (JSAA-AP-2020-003[1]) concerning sports...
A former student athlete at Temple University has sued the school, her former coach and an assistant athletic director for $10 million dollars in damages, alleging she was a victim of sexual harassment, intimidation, defamation and gender based discrimination. ...
By Lawrence B. Shulman and Gregg E. Clifton For professional sports organizations, there are few workplace scandals that carry more potential liability – and generate more unwanted press coverage – than allegations of sexual harassment. In light of recent...
Ask Terri Miller, the president of Stop Educator Sexual Abuse Misconduct and Exploitation (SESAME) who one of the biggest actors of sexual misconduct in the nation’s high schools and she doesn’t hesitate. “It’s the coaches,” said Miller. One of the reasons for...
