What:

When: Sunday, February 26, 2012

Where: Nova Southeastern University (Shepard Broad Law Center, 3305 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314)

AGENDA

9:30-10:00 Check-In and Breakfast

10:00-10:20 Opening Remarks

10:20-11:20 (Panel #1)

What’s Trending in Fashion Law

Panelists:

• Emily Graham, Owner at The Law Offices of Emily Patricia Graham
• Kim Kolback, Owner at Law Offices Of Kimberly Kolback
• Jean Perwin, Attorney at Law Offices of Jean S. Perwin
• Brittany Rawlings, Fashion Attorney & Owner/Designer of B.RAWLINGS

11:20-12:20 (Panel #2)

Festivals and Touring

Panelists:

• Helaine Blum, President at Grand Avenue ECDC
• John Bradley, Managing Member at Bradley Legal Group, P.A.
• Jennifer Gomez, Attorney & Certified Mediator at Jennifer Gomez, PA
• Allison Sinclair, Attorney at Santucci Priore, PL
• Cassi Willard

12:20-1:30 Luncheon
Keynote Speaker – tba

1:30-2:30 (Panel #3)

Sports and Torts

Panelists:

• Joe Costello, Attorney at Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel & Wander
• Alan Fertel, Partner at Boyd & Jenerette
• Darren Heitner, Attorney at Wolfe Law Miami, P.A., Owner of Sports Agent Blog
• Michael Richmond, Professor at Nova Southeastern University
• Jason Weiss, Partner at Smith & Verbit, PL

2:30-2:40 Break

2:40-3:40 (Panel #4)

Music on the Internet

Panelists:

• Charlotte Towne, Owner at Charlotte Towne, P.A.
• Others TBA

Cost: Pre-Registration (before Feb 12): NSU Law Students $10, Non-NSU Law Students $20, General Admission $30, Attorneys for CLE $75.  For more info, please contact SELS President, Josh Blasberg, at blasbergj@nsu.law.nova.edu.

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What: 7th Annual Widener University School of Law Sports and Entertainment Law CLE Symposium

When: Thursday, February 16, 2012 (10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)

Where: Widener University School of Law Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom (4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803)

Offering FIVE (5) CLE credits in DE & PA (including one ethics credit)

AGENDA

9:00–9:50 am  Registration and Continental Breakfast (included with registration)

9:50–9:55 am  Introductions

9:55–10:00 am  Welcome: Sports and Entertainment Association

Panel One – Sports Panel

10:00–11:15 am

“Sports Law in Hindsight: A Dissection of the NFL Lockout”

• Moderator: Christopher J. Cabott, Esquire, Zane Management, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
• Andrew Brandt, Sports Business Analyst, ESPN
• Howie Roseman, Esquire, General Manager, Philadelphia Eagles

11:15–11:30 am Refreshment Break

Panel Two – TV/ Film Panel

11:30 am–12:45 pm

“Reality TV: Beyond the Jersey Shore”

• Moderator: Alexander Murphy, Jr., Esquire, The Law Offices of Alexander Murphy and Adjunct Faculty, Widener Law
• Justin B. Wineburgh, Esquire, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA
• John Foy, Executive Producer, Addicted to Food

12:45–2:00 pm  Lunch—Barristers’ Club (included with registration)

Panel Three – Music Panel

2:00–3:15 pm

“How to Become a Great  Music Lawyer in One Hour… and Sixty­three Years”

• Moderator: Alexander Murphy, Jr., Esquire, The Law Offices of Alexander Murphy and Adjunct Faculty, Widener Law
• Kenneth J. Abdo, Esquire, Lommen Abdo, Minneapolis, MN
• Robert E. Donnelly, Esquire, Lommen Abdo, New York City, NY

3:15–3:30 pm  Refreshment Break

Panel Four – Ethics Panel

3:30–4:45 p

“Ethics in Intercollegiate Athletics— Lessons Learned”

• Moderator: Alexander Murphy, Jr., Esquire, The Law Offices of Alexander Murphy and Adjunct Faculty, Widener Law
• Heather Lyke, Associate Athletic Director, The Ohio State University
• John P. Sahl, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Miller­Becker Center for Professional Responsibility, University of Akron School of Law, Akron, OH

Cost: $125. Widener Law Alumni Fee is $100.  Registration form is embedded, below.

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When: Friday January, 27 2012

Where: White Stag Building, Portland, Oregon (map)

Schedule:

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.: Registration
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Panel Presented by Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt: Entertainment in the Northwest 

• Javier Zamora, Assistant General Counsel in the Legal Department at NIKE, Inc.
• Bart Day, partner at the Portland law firm of Day and Koch LLP
• Matthew Hooper, Chair of the Arts & Entertainment Group at Foster Pepper.
• Moderator: Mike Cohen, Shareholder at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt in Portland.

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Women in Sports and Entertainment 

• Peg Brand, Ph. D., Courtesy Associate Professor with the University of Oregon School of Law and the Robert D. Clark Honors College and an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at Indiana University.
• Ellen Devlin, Adjunct Professor of Sports Products at the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon.
• Eryn Potempa, attorney in the Sports Marketing group at NIKE, Inc.
• Lynne Graybeal, Partner at Perkins Coie in Seattle and serves as Co-Chair of their Arts, Entertainment & Sports Industry Group.
• Moderator: Whitney Wagoner, Senior Instructor of Sports Business/Industry Analyst for the University of Oregon’s Warsaw Sports Marketing Center.

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m: The Changing Face of the NCAA 

• Woodie Dixon, General Counsel and Vice President of Business Affairs for the Pacific-12 Conference.
• Maureen Weston, Associate Dean for Research and a Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law.
• John Shukie, Director of Academic and Membership Affairs (AMA) at the NCAA in Indianapolis.
• Jerry Parkinson, Professor of Law at the University of Wyoming College of Law since 1998 and served as Dean from 1998 to 2009.
• Moderator: Benjamin Golliver, Northwest sports journalist.

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.: The Rise of the Agent 

• Richard Karcher, Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Law and Sports at Florida Coastal School of Law.
• Audie Attar, President of Paradigm Sports Management, LLC.
• Eugene T. Lee, Esq., President of ETL Associates, Inc.
• Moderator: Mark Phelps, Tykeson Senior Instructor of International and Sports Business Law and Ethics in the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business and its Warsaw Sports Marketing Center.

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Reception

Cost: $90.00 [for practitioners]; $35.00 [for the general public] and $25.00 [for students] (Registration includes: attendance to all panels, lunch, and reception).  Day of registration at the door is: $100.00 [for practitioner], $40.00 [for the general public] and $30.00 [for students].  Register here.

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What: Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s 2nd Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law

When: Saturday, November 5, 2011 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Where: Armstrong Hall

Schedule:

8:30am – Check-in, Breakfast, and Panel Session Overview

9:00am – Welcome Address (Silent Auction commences)

9:10am – 10:40am Panel Session I (Professional SPORTS)

• “Collective Bargaining Agreements – The Big 4″
• Caleb Jay, Associate General Counsel, Arizona Diamondbacks (Moderator)
• Gregg Clifton, Co-chair of Jackson Lewis’ Collegiate and Professional Sports Industry Group
• Travis Leach, Co-chair of Snell & Wilmer’s Sports and Entertainment Industry Group
• Darren Heitner, Sports Attorney, Founder/Chief Editor of SportsAgentBlog.com, Professor at Indiana University

• “Gene Doping/Drug Testing”
• Gary Marchant, Professor of Law at Arizona State University
• John Hoberman, Professor at University of Texas

10:45am – 12:05pm Panel Session II (ENTERTAINMENT)

• “Protecting IP on the Internet–What is Protectable and How to Enforce”
• Hamid Jabbar, Attorney at Law
• Elissa Hecker, Past Chair of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association, Editor of the EASL Journal
• Connie Mableson, Mableson Law Group

• “Right of Publicity & Defamation”
• James Marovich, The Marovich Law Firm, P.L.C.
• Corie Rosen, Professor of Law at Arizona State University
• Don Gibson, President & CEO of Kavi Sports & Entertainment
• Neville Johnson, Founding Partner of Johnson & Johnson, LLP

12:15pm – 12:55pm Lunch

1:05pm – 1:40pm Keynote Address – Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill

1:45pm – 3:05pm Panel Session III (Amateur SPORTS)

• “State of the NCAA: Antitrust & the BCS; Amateurism & Compliance”
• Stephen Webb, Executive Director for Athletic Compliance at ASU
• Tim Epstein, Chair of the Sports Law Practice Group at SmithAmundsen LLC
• Mary Penrose, Professor of Law at Texas Wesleyan

• “Sports Agent Regulation”
• Darren Heitner, Sports Attorney, Founder/Chief Editor of SportsAgentBlog.com, Professor at Indiana University
• Travis Leach, Co-chair of Snell & Wilmer’s Sports and Entertainment Industry Group
• Gregg Clifton, Co-chair of Jackson Lewis’ Collegiate and Professional Sports Industry Group

3:15pm – 4:15pm Ethics Presentation

• “Ethics and In-House Counsel”
• Caleb Jay and/or Nona Lee, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Arizona Diamondbacks

4:20pm – 5:30pm Panel Session IV (Professional Sport Team Bankruptcies)

• “Bankruptcy – Stars, Dodgers, Coyotes, Rangers–Who’s Next?”
• Kellen Bradley, Editor in Chief of ASU Sports & Entertainment Law Journal (Moderator)
• Tom Salerno, Partner of Squire Sanders
• Judge Redfield Baum, Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge for the United States bankruptcy court, District of Arizona
• Susan Freeman, Partner at Lewis and Roca

5:30pm – 5:45 pm Closing Remarks

5:45pm – Cocktail Reception

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Head over to Leigh Steinberg’s website and you will find a pretty basic layout for the sports agent who used to represent some of the biggest names in professional football.  It has been quite some time since Leigh Steinberg has found his name in the news for the representation of talent.  Lately, he has become more famous for his advocacy on matters like concussions in sport and using environmentally friendly technologies.  He also recently started writing about a variety of other topics at the National Football Post.  And of course, Steinberg continues to throw his popular annual Super Bowl party.

Yet only a few days ago, Steinberg sent out a press release regarding his signing a management deal with the Sestito Bros.  The deal between Steinberg and the Italian writer-director team was signed at Warner Bros. Studio.  Steinberg was quoted as saying,

“I truly believe that the Sestito Bros. have the all the creativity, talent, and especially technical skills to be A-list writers and directors. I’m confident that they will become household names for many years,”

Steinberg is no novice when it comes to the representation of talent; however, this is a new test for the agent who traditionally handled the business matters for professional football players.  The press release states that the Sestito Bros. have begun taking meetings with top studios execs regarding two of their recent projects.  At least Steinberg is not starting from scratch in his representation of the brothers.  And Steinberg is also quite familiar with the crew.  He is the founding sponsor of the Newport Beach Film Festival, where he found the Sesito Bros. to be “the most talented and exciting young directors ever.”

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A perfect fit for the Russian equivalent of America’s The Bachelor is a Russian-born athlete who has had a successful career, or is about to embark on a successful career, in the United States.  This person should be a single gentleman, between 25 and 40 years old, with the intention of meeting his true love while filming this journey for a television audience.  And he should be able to speak Russian fluently.

Location/Timeline/Schedule:
The show will be taped in Russia and other European countries (TBD). As of now, the show is scheduled to tape over a period of 6-7 weeks this coming fall and winter, however, the schedule could likely change with the talent’s availability.

About the show:
The format for the Russian version will very closely follow the US and Ukraine versions. Filming will take place all over Russia and Europe,and over time, The Bachelor will choose one woman out of 25 single women.

About the Network:
TNT is a funny, off-the-hook and progressive TV Channel and the Russian leader in such genres as Comedy and Reality. Such TNT flagship shows as Nasha Russia, The Russian Psychic Challenge, Comedy Club, Dom-2 and Uni have demonstrated consistent leadership in their time-slots among young people. TNT is the largest television network in Russia, reaching over 100 million people. TNT works hand in hand with over 500 partners in 922 Russian cities and towns and manages its own 22 stations in such hubs as Arzamas, Barnaul, Birobidzhan, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Saint-Petersburg, Tomsk, Ul’yanovsk, Ufa, Chaikovsky, and Chelyabinsk.

Contact us if you or any of your clients may be interested in this opportunity.

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When: Saturday, April 2, 2011 (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

Where: Moot Court room at Maine Law

Speakers

• Catherine Bigley McGovern: Dr. McGovern teaches Entertainment Law and Theatre Law at DePaul University College of Law. Her consulting practice is focuses on Art Law, Entertainment Law and Cultural Property. She has an active practice in mediation and arbitration in the Arts and Cultural Property areas. Dr. McGovern has been trained by The California Lawyers for The Arts and the Academy of Dispute Resolution Attorneys and has a particular sensitivity to the concerns and interests of artists in all disciplines.
• Peter McGovern: Director of the Center for International Business and Trade Law and administrative coordinator for the seven Centers for Excellence at the John Marshall Law School. Professor McGovern has served as Professor and Dean at the John Marshall Law School, Acting Dean at the University of South Dakota School of Law and Dean at Valparaiso University School of Law and St Thomas University School of Law. He teaches Elder Law, Estates and Trusts, International Commercial Dispute Resolution, and Transactional Negotiations.
• Rita Heimes: Director of the Center for Law & Innovation and a Research Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property Clinic, Copyright Law and Trademark Law at the University of Maine School of Law. In addition to serving entrepreneurs seeking trademark and copyright advice with the IP Clinic, Rita serves as co-chair of the Research Council at USM, and as a governor-appointed member of the Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board which acts as an advisory committee to the state’s Office of Innovation. Rita has practiced IP law, environmental law and commercial litigation.

Cost: Free. Food will be provided.

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What: Arizona State University Sports & Entertainment Law Conference

When: Saturday, October 30, 2010 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Where: Armstrong Hall at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University

Topic: A-Rod to Jay-Z: Sports and Entertainment Law in the 21st Century. Speakers will present articles that will be published in the inaugural edition of the Sports and Entertainment Law Journal to be housed at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

Confirmed speakers and/or authors for the conference include:

• Matthew Bester of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
• Gregg Clifton with Jackson Lewis LLP
• Allison Brehm with White O’Connor Fink and Brenner, LLP
• Lee Brenner with White O’Connor Fink and Brenner, LLP
• Nevill Johnson with Johnson & Johnson, LLP
• Dana Hooper from Greenberg Traurig
• Connie Mableson of Mableson Law Group
• Elsa Cole, former General Counsel of The NCAA
• Jaia Thomas of the Law Office of Jaia Thomas
• James Marovich of The Marovich Law Firm
• Joy Butler of The Law Office of Joy R. Butler
• Marci Rolnik at Lawyers for the Creative Arts
• Myles Lynk, Professor at ASU College of Law
• Betsy Goff, the former VP of Business and Legal Affairs at IMG, SVP of Business Affairs at ESPN, and Professor of Sports Management at UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management

Cost: Attorney ($160 – includes up to 5 hours CLE), General Public ($40), Law Student/Professor ($10). Register here.

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Joel Segal of BEST/Lagardere Unlimited, appears to be the man for the job. Segal represents the likes of Chris Johnson, Reggie Bush, and Michael Vick. So I guess we will have to be on the lookout for Moss on Television. Who knows, maybe he will end up on Dancing With the Stars like other NFL notables, Chad Ochocinco, Emmitt Smith, Warren Sapp, and Lawrence Taylor. Moss is going into his final season with the New England Patriots, and he does not believe that he will be offered an extension. We will also have to pay attention and see how well (hopefully) he negotiates his next contract.

On another note, here is a list of some other athletes who at one point or another, have represented themselves: Dave Stieb, Mike Singletary, Daunte Culpepper, Ricky Williams (we know how that turned out), Curt Schilling, Tedy Bruschi, Mike Greenwell, Ray Allen, Danny Ainge, David Wells, Tom Seaver, Hakeem Olajuwon, Alan Trammell, and Steve Largent. Also, the late NFLPA President Gene Upshaw used to negotiate his own contracts when he played with the Oakland Raiders.

Remember to follow me on Twitter @DouglasVinci

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For eight years, action sports icon Shaun White has worked with agent Mark Ervin and IMG. This was a successful and lucrative pairing that saw White become one of the most recognizable faces in sports, but like they say, all good things eventually come to an end. Last week, White dropped Ervin for the services of a team of agents at CAA Sports who will work to develop marketing partnerships, appearances and television, music and motion picture opportunities for the 23-year-old.

White is the most recognizable action sports athlete in the U.S. His Davie-Brown Index score (72.41) outranks fellow action stars Tony Hawk, Ryan Sheckler and Bam Margera. His awareness level, a 73.94, is comparable to New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. – Sports Business Journal

While with IMG, White compiled a list of high end sponsors that reportedly earned him more than $7.5 million a year. Companies like Burton, Ubisoft, HP, AMEX, and Target all signed up for White’s endorsement, and where it was applicable, gave him his own signature line, such as Target’s “White Collection.” Having a reputation for being selective in the endorsement process, these signature lines gave White the voice he asked his agent to provide him with. Between features on 60 Minutes, covers of Rolling Stone and ESPN the Magazine, and a few Olympic Gold Medals, Shaun White will try to build on the successes that his partnership with IMG brought him and take it to the next level with the more than capable CAA Sports team.

Though he is said to be looking into movies, music and TV, White’s competitive career is far from done. He is expected to compete in a third Olympics in Sochi in 2014. He also plans to continue skateboarding and already has committed to this summer’s Dew Tour Skate Open, June 25-26, in Boston.

Please post any questions or comments you may have and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter @ZachLipari.

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