Sports Litigation Alert Current Issue
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Case Summaries
NCAA V. Alston: Student-Athletes Trounce NCAA, 9-0, in Supreme Antitrust Battle
By Gary J. Chester, Senior Writer For decades, some sports law scholars and economists have characterized the NCAA as an illegal cartel engaging in anticompetitive conduct that is unfair to student-athletes. On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed those...
Sports Law Experts Weigh in on the Import of the Landmark Supreme Court Ruling in Alston
Sports Litigation Alert asked a handful of our contributors, all of whom are attorneys, to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in NCAA v. Alston. Here are their responses: Jeff Birren, former law professor/general counsel to the Oakland Raiders It is sad that it...
High School Football Players Tossed from Summer Camp, Then from Court
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer In 2016, high school football players attended a summer camp at a university campus. They stayed in a dormitory and received on-field instruction. The university had a concurrent high school cheerleading camp, and those...
Court Grants Summary Judgment to College in Case Involving Contract Dispute with Coach
By John Miller, Ph.D., sports law professor at the University of Southern Mississippi Jeff Harlow entered into an employment agreement with Chaffey Community College for the position of Professional Expert-Head Coach, Baseball for January 15, 2004, through May 31,...
The Hits Keep Coming: NCAA Loses Another Name, Image, and Likeness Court Decision
By Gregg E. Clifton, of Jackson Lewis The NCAA has lost an additional federal court battle on name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation for student-athletes just days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision confirming the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that the...
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Ruling that Insurance Companies Are Not Liable to Defend Joint Venture that Built Levi’s Stadium in ADA Lawsuit
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Chubb Ltd., and Markel Corp. are not obligated to defend the joint venture that constructed the San Francisco 49ers football team’s stadium in a...
Articles
Trends in Sports Investment
By Steve Argeris, Christopher Weigand, Katy Raffensperger, and Brandon Leppke, of Hogan Lovells A confluence of market and regulatory factors has made now the prime time for new and creative investment structures for investments in U.S. sports franchises, long an...
Adding As Many Women’s Sports Programs as It Takes: La Salle Settles with Women Volleyball Players
Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer & Professor, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu In a novel settlement agreement, La Salle University avoided a Title IX lawsuit by agreeing to offer athletic opportunities...
Did the Supreme Court Just Clear the Way for Student Athletes to Promote Sports Betting?
By Sara Dalsheim, of Ifrah Law The Supreme Court’s recent ruling in NCAA v. Alston, et al. could be the catalyst that transforms the NCAA’s student athlete regulation of the benefits/compensation provided to college athletes. The Court, in a decision written by...
As Legal Controversy Brews Over Sexual-Assault Allegations, Chicago Blackhawks Hire a Law Firm to Investigate
A lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks, claiming that the team was liable for the actions of former video coach Bradley Aldrich when he sexually assaulted a player a little over a decade ago and then a high school student after he had left the team’s employ, has led...
Texas Judge Grants Joint Motion to Dismiss Paramedic’s Concussion Lawsuit against Houston Astros
A Harris County (Texas) District Judge has granted a joint motion to dismiss with prejudice a lawsuit brought by Paramedic Brian Cariota, who was working in the dugout of the Houston Astros’ post-season game at Minute Maid Park against the New York Yankees in October...
Washington State’s Lystedt Law – an Update
By Tony Corleto, of Gordon & Rees (Editor’s Note: The following article appears in Concussion Defense Reporter, which can be subscribed to at the site.) Enacted by the Washington State legislature in 2009 (RCWA 28A.600.190) the “Zackery Lystedt Law” set the...
ports Included in Recent Flurry of States’ Sports Betting Legalization Bills
By DAVID A BUJARSKI and MICHAEL A. TOMASULO , of Winston & Strawn LLP Most states with recently passed sports betting legislation include esports under the definition of “sporting event” or “sports event.” Maryland’s HB940, Arizona’s HB2772, Wyoming’s HB133, and...
CCHA Announces Hire of Todd Shumaker to Sports Law Group
Church Church Hittle + Antrim (CCHA) has announced the hire of Todd Shumaker to the firm’s Sports Law group. Shumaker’s practice focuses primarily on collegiate sports and includes representing clients in the NCAA infractions process, as well as educating and...
NFL Announces Outcome of Washington Football Team Workplace Review
The National Football League has announced the outcome of the workplace review of the Washington Football Team led by independent counsel Beth Wilkinson, as well as remedial measures and penalties arising out of that review. What follows is its statement on the...
News Briefs
Insightful Concussion Webinars Set for July 28 and August 12
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...
Sports Law Professor Introduces Law for Fitness Managers and Exercise Professionals
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...
Bond, Shoeneck & King Brings on Former NCAA Attorney Michael Sheridan as Senior Counsel
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...