11 results found
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 22 Sep 2023
Football Club Governance: A case for change in Britain
The controversial European Super League proposals shone a light on the upper echelons of elite football in Europe and indeed, the game, in Britain…
Gowling WLG | USA | 8 Sep 2023
Trade secrets in professional sports: legal dispute involving two NBA teams places spotlight on proprietary information protections
On August 21, 2023, New York Knicks, LLC of the New York Knicks organization filed a legal complaint in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New…
Schellenberg Wittmer | European Union, Switzerland | 14 Jul 2023
Caster Semenya successful before European Court of Human Rights
By a narrow majority (4:3), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Switzerland failed to afford former Olympic champion, Caster…
William Fry | Ireland | 27 Jun 2023
Update on Landmark Case Shaping Spectator Rights and Liability at Games
The Court of Appeal (COA) recently granted a consent order allowing the withdrawal of a case on sports spectator liability, even though a full appeal…
SportsLawyer | Asia-Pacific, Australia | 27 Jun 2023
Morality Clauses in Sports Contracts
For as long as there has been competitive sport, athletes have found themselves as public role models. With this comes the opportunity for some to…
Reed Smith LLP | Singapore | 26 Jun 2023
Finding your pot of gold in e-sports
The growth of e-sports in recent years has seen a rapid increase in e-sports tournaments prize money and a greater variety of unique prizes available…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 11 Jan 2023
Sports law may have a partial fix for FTC noncompete ban
On January 5, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule that, if implemented, would ban nearly all post-employment covenants not to…
Monereo Meyer Abogados | Spain | 31 Oct 2022
Las marcas también juegan el Mundial
El Mundial de fútbol es una de las plataformas publicitarias y de negocios más eficaces del mundo, ya que ofrece a sus Patrocinadores Oficiales y…
Clyde & Co LLP | United Kingdom | 7 Oct 2022
Abuse & Neglect blog - Vicarious liability in sport - so near, yet so far
Readers will be aware of numerous recent high-profile controversies in several sports both in the UK and across the globe relating to allegations of…
Clyde & Co LLP | Global | 15 Sep 2022
Abuse & Neglect blog - A call for the improvement of safeguarding within tennis
Professional tennis player Victoria Azarenka, as a representative of the Women’s Tennis Association, has spoken out about the need for tennis to…
