What: 2011 Yale Law School Panel on Sports and the Law: Current Issues When: Monday, April 4, 2011 (6:30-8:00 p.m.) Where: Room 120 at Yale Law School Topics will include the NFL lockout, the possible NBA lockout, age and autonomy restrictions on professional athletes, digital media and the law, antitrust and sports, etc. Moderator MICHAEL…
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Mar
22
2011 Yale Law School Panel On Sports And The Law
Jan
21
MLBPA Player Agent Advisory Committee Established
As of October 1, 2010, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) has a new set of Regulations Governing Player Agents. I am currently working on Co-Authoring a major law review/journal piece that will provide a complete synopsis of the 2010 Regulations. In the meantime, if you want to read through the entire document, feel…
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Dec
30
Pittsburgh Sports Law Committee
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has its fair share of influential sports lawyers. Now they have their own hangout. Gerik Jenco, a University of Pittsburgh law student who is also the Director of Operations for Del Duca Sports, came up with the idea of creating a Sports Law Committee of the Allegheny County Bar Association. The chair of…
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Sep
13
Q&A With Sports Attorney Jay Reisinger
A couple of weeks ago, everyone was wondering the following: 1) Did Alex Rodriguez really fire Scott Boras as his agent, and 2) Did A-Rod then hire Jay Reisinger to take over as his new agent of record? Papers reported that A-Rod has in fact left Boras, but he has not hired Reisinger to take…
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Jun
18
Digging Deeper Into The Contractual Interference Claim
Yesterday, I discussed a cause of action for a sports agent who loses a client based on another agent’s interference in his contractual relations with a client. As I assumed, the post has generated quite a bit of conversation on this site and also on social media sites like Twitter. Jay Reisinger, a partner at…
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May
14
Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (5/14/2010)
In two hours, I will be on stage at the O’Connell Center (where UF plays its basketball games), officially graduating from University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. The whole family is in town, which is nice (but rare). On Monday, I begin studying for the Florida Bar. As I have mentioned before, other than…
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Apr
11
WVU College of Law Steroids Forum
What: Discussion about the legal implications the use of steroids can have on the athletes, management and the game of baseball. Where: WVU Law Center’s Marlyn Lugar Courtroom. When: Wednesday, April 16, 2008. 2:00PM. Topic: False/Positives: The Current State of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports. Panelists: Jay Reisinger – attorney for Andy Pettitte and Sammy…
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