Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
UConn Booster on Coaching Search, Conference Realignment Neil Vigdor of the News Times checks in with Robert Burton, the UConn booster who made headlines in January over the lack of input that he was given in the search for a new football coach. See UConn Football Donor Requests Return of Donation After Coaching Hire and UConn and [...]
I recently came across an article about a professional athlete who was driving his SUV and collided with another car. The woman driving the other car suffered neck and back injuries. This story is not particularly noteworthy, except for one fact. The athlete’s liability insurance limits are a minimal $25,000 (in Connecticut drivers are required to maintain a minimum [...]
Don Jeffrey at Bloomberg.com (via Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk) reports that MillerCoors LLC has filed a lawsuit against the New England Patriots alleging that the team reneged on an exclusive sponsorship contract, and instead, has pursued a more lucrative agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev NV. Here’s an except of Jeffrey’s article: “We negotiated in good faith with the [...]
The National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School will host its annual conference “Hot Topics in Sports Law and Business” on Friday, October 21, 2011 at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conference will feature panels discussing hot topics in collegiate, professional, and Olympic sports, and a discussion of current issues [...]
Family of NHL Scout Settles Last September 11th Lawsuit Jimmy Golen over at the Sports Law Blog has the story of Mark Bavis, the Los Angeles Kings scout who died aboard United Flight 175 during the Sept. 11 attacks. His family had refused to settle its lawsuit against the airline and security company, the last remaining suit [...]
