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Amendments to the Code of Sports-related Arbitration

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Global
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  • April 5 2012

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”), headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the international body created alongside the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (“ICAS”) to resolve sports disputes by arbitration

ICC tribunal decides claim on commitments attached to European Commission’s merger approval

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • European Union, Global
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  • February 29 2012

On February 20, 2012, an ICC tribunal decided a claim in relation to commitments attached to a European Commission (“Commission”) merger decision clearing News Corporation’s acquisition of two satellite broadcasters

New ADR system for TV show format industry

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Global
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  • July 2 2010

Beginning April 2010, the WIPO Center and the Format Recognition and Protection Association (FRAPA) will collaborate in providing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services in the field of TV format-related disputes such as format plagiarism or unauthorised copying of TV formats (e.g., those used for game, reality or talent shows and sitcoms

Court of Arbitration for Sport imposes two-year ban on cyclist Alejandro Valverde

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • June 3 2010

On 31 May 2010, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) partially upheld appeals by the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) and the Spanish champion cyclist Alejandro Valverde

Chelsea FC transfer ban

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Global, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 1 2009

Chelsea FC has been banned from signing any new players until January 2011 (which amounts to 2 transfer windows) after FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber found that the club induced a teenage player, Gael Kakuta, to break his contract with his French team, Lens

Mutu fails in appeal over compensation award

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Global, United Kingdom
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  • October 1 2009

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has recently dismissed former Chelsea FC striker Adrian Mutu's appeal against the large compensation award in favour of Chelsea FC following his sacking for failing a drugs test in 2004

Laboratory testing procedure: the Kaisa Varis ruling

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • July 7 2009

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivered a body blow to anti-doping authorities when it published its decision on 13 March 2009 in the case of Finnish biathlete, Kaisa Varis

CAS curbs perceived 'player power' the Matuzalem ruling

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • July 3 2009

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last month delivered an important decision on the issue of termination of football players' contracts without just cause

Domain name dispute resolution statistics 2008

  • Matheson
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  • Global
  • -
  • December 19 2008

The World Intellectual Property Organisation Arbitration and Mediation Centre reports that the rising trend in the number of complaints made under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) over the last couple of years has continued in 2008