Sports Litigation Alert Current Issue

By Nicole Bryson, J.D. and Jeff Birren, Senior Writer One day in 2020, two people set out to play golf, albeit 160 miles apart. One was on the course when he was struck by an errant ball. The other was driving a golf cart in the parking lot while seeking to retrieve...

By Conner Poulin On May 2, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued a pivotal decision in Doe v. Nash County Board of Education, providing critical clarification on the scope of institutional liability under Title IX of...

By Joshua Frieser, ESQ and Samantha Mudlaff In a decision issued on April 8, 2025, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals’ ruling in favor of high school wrestler Hayden Halter, upholding the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (WIAA)...

By Ian Debbage, Squire Patton Boggs Being a keen club golfer (although not one with any actual skill), a case that caught my eye in the last few weeks was the case of Rohilla v The Members of Royal Mid Surrey Golf Course.  As well as being a very detailed insight...

A federal judge from the Western District of Arkansas has granted a school district’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which it was sued for employment discrimination. The underlying incident involved plaintiff/employee Angelia Williams, who got into a verbal...

By Matthew Holt, of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli Introduction In the competitive world of professional sports, teams are constantly seeking advantages over one another. This pursuit often leads to disputes that transcend what happens between the lines, finding their...

By Jared Good A lawsuit was recently filed this spring in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against Bucknell University; the president of the University John Bravman, the former vice president and director of athletics and recreation, Jermaine Traux;...

By John Wendt The controversial FIFA Club World Cup is coming to the United States and will be held between June 15 and July 13, 2025.[1]  In the first ever event 32 teams from six confederations will play 63 games in 12 stadia across the United States.[2] ...

By Joseph Michael Ricco IV Colorado and Syracuse recently teamed up to try something college football has never allowed before: a joint spring game between two Division I programs. The idea, led by Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, was meant to bring more structure...

By Alana Ford Watson, Santa Clara University Law School 3L This essay explores the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) shifting responsibility in regulating student-athletes’ Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights amid a rapidly expanding,...

By JJ Gobin This year’s Harvard Sports Law Symposium brought together some of the most accomplished attorneys, executives, and alumni shaping the business of sports. Across four panels, speakers explored the evolving roles of private equity, athlete representatives,...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) “has unfortunately placed money and profits over public health and the safety of student-athletes by entering into an agreement with Genius Sports to sell real-time sports data to the gambling industry,” according to...

By Kathleen S. HardwayDesirée F. MooreJason C. Rose and Laura K. Grant In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a decades-long federal ban on sports betting in Murphy v. Nat'l Collegiate Athletic Assoc.[1] Prior to Murphy, anyone seeking to place a...

The Green Bay Packers hired Kevin Manara as the organization's next general counsel. The announcement was made last month by Chief Operating Officer and incoming President/CEO Ed Policy. "We are excited to welcome Kevin to Green Bay," said Policy. "He brings a wealth...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that the State has reached a settlement of its lawsuit against the NCAA that reduces the amount of money that Division I schools, including South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota, will...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Randall “Randy” Miller, Chad Miller, and Jeffrey De Laveaga with creating false documents that were provided to investors in two municipal bond offerings that raised $284 million to build one of the largest sports...

The leader of Akerman's Sports and Entertainment Sector Team,  Kanika Corley have been named a 2025 Law Firm Visionary by LA Times Studios, which recognizes exceptional leaders are driving change across a diverse range of practice areas. Corley has...

Dr. Rachel Silverman was recently awarded a $5000 Research Services Council (RSC) Grant from the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) for a new research study she is working on entitled “Grapple with your past: Unlocking the therapeutic Potential of jiu-jitsu” Dr....

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors responded to lawmakers in Illinois on April 15, 2025, after receiving a letter from the Republican caucuses of both houses seeking clarity on the President’s Executive Order regarding transgender...