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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader strengthens sports and entertainment practice with addition of top industry lawyer, Eric Fishman
Fishman has among the most wide-ranging and dynamic practices in the industry. He represents some of the highest-profile athletes in the world, including Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Michael Phelps, and Aryna Sabalenka. He advises well-known sports agencies such as Klutch Sports Group and LIFT Management and acts as outside counsel to influential media companies, Boardroom and Just Women’s Sports.
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader strengthens sports and entertainment practice with addition of top industry lawyer, Eric Fishman
Fishman has among the most wide-ranging and dynamic practices in the industry. He represents some of the highest-profile athletes in the world, including Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Michael Phelps, and Aryna Sabalenka. He advises well-known sports agencies such as Klutch Sports Group and LIFT Management and acts as outside counsel to influential media companies, Boardroom and Just Women’s Sports.
Recognized as a ‘Practice Group of the Year’ by
ArentFox Schiff’s Sports Industry Group had a banner year, continuing its industry-leading sports work while closing numerous historic deals. The Los Angeles Lakers & Buss Family Sale of majority ownership interest in the Lakers from the Buss family to Mark Walter. National Women’s Soccer League Establishment of the league’s 16th and 17th franchises (Denver and Atlanta).
Top 10 Legal Challenges for the Sports Industry in 2025 | JD Supra
The sports industry continued to evolve in 2024, presenting new challenges and opportunities for venues, teams, athletes, corporate sponsors, and fans. As the media environment continues to develop, sports organizations face challenges resulting from the fragmentation of regional sports networks and the shift towards streaming models.
10 Legal Challenges for the Sports Industry in 2024
The sports industry experienced a year of considerable change in 2023, presenting new opportunities for athletes, team owners, and corporate sponsors.
Generative AI is exciting for sports industry, but its evolution is uncertain
This article examines the many ways in which AI is being used in the sports industry, some of the potential uses in the near future, and several key legal and practical considerations. The term “artificial intelligence” encompasses a wide range of related technologies that are generally aimed at creating machines or computer systems capable of performing tasks that would normally require human intelligence.
Generative AI is exciting for sports industry, but its evolution is uncertain
The sports industry has been a leader in innovation and technological advancements. It has been nearly two decades since “Moneyball” revolutionized MLB by introducing data-driven analytics. Consistent with its role as a leader, the business of professional sports is likely to undergo (and is, in fact, already undergoing) profound changes because of the rise of AI, and particularly the subset of AI technologies known as generative AI.
Brooklyn Law School Sports Law Symposium
Date & Time Location Brooklyn Law School Event Type Conference Add to Calendar Disabled Partner Eric Fishman speaks on a panel at Brooklyn Law School's third annual Sports Law Symposium. The symposium theme is “Sports Tech: A Sports Lawyer’s Playbook,” and will feature three panels and a keynote conversation. During Eric's session, he will cover how professional sports are optimizing artificial intelligence and athlete biometric data in sports.
Fishman Quoted on State Daily Fantasy Sports Regulations and Enforcement Trends
Eric highlighted the Colorado rules for DFS as an example of how different states handle the situation, resulting in "quirky interpretations." Eric noted that the current DFS landscape is one of the most significant topics in the legal sports betting industry today. As certain states start to impose stricter DFS regulations, there may be additional enforcement actions on the horizon. "That's the big issue in the industry right now, what's happening in DFS over the last few months," Eric said.
How AI is Changing the Sports Industry | JD Supra
Much has changed since the “Moneyball” theory revolutionized how technology is used throughout the sports industry and influenced the way fans and experts consume and analyze sports. As is the case in other industries, the next generation of technology, artificial intelligence (AI), is beginning to be embraced by those within the sports world.
How AI is Changing the Sports Industry
Much has changed since the “Moneyball” theory revolutionized how technology is used throughout the sports industry and influenced the way fans and experts consume and analyze sports. As is the case in other industries, the next generation of technology, artificial intelligence (AI), is beginning to be embraced by those within the sports world.
New Missouri NIL Law Changes Landscape, Expands College Coaches' Role in Negotiations | JD Supra
“This is the new arms race.” That’s how Missouri State Representative and former University of Missouri offensive lineman Kurtis Gregory described the burgeoning patchwork of state laws that govern student athletes’ ability to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL). Missouri has now entered the NIL arms race. Rep. Gregory made this statement following the Missouri legislature’s bipartisan passage of an amendment to the state’s 2021 NIL law (the Amendment).
Eric Fishman Advises Kevin Durant in ‘Call of Duty’ Multiplayer Deal
‘Call of Duty’ revealed the news in a tweet that showcased the character descending via parachute, basketball in hand. The bundle also includes weapon skins that reference Durant’s nicknames, as well as a unique finishing move and other cosmetics. A member of AFS’s nationally recognized Sports group, Eric acts as legal counsel to some of the most well-known athletes, celebrities, artists, brands, and media companies.
New Missouri NIL Law Changes Landscape, Expands College Coaches' Role in Negotiations
“This is the new arms race.” That’s how Missouri State Representative and former University of Missouri offensive lineman Kurtis Gregory described the burgeoning patchwork of state laws that govern student athletes’ ability to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL). Missouri has now entered the NIL arms race. Off Rep. Gregory made this statement following the Missouri legislature’s bipartisan passage of an amendment to the state’s 2021 NIL law (the Amendment).
Imagining Climate Futures
As I prepared a new climate change curriculum for my students, I came across the work of deep ecologist and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy. Macy writes: How could climate pedagogies begin to provide maps to these futures, to these crises and transformations? One route I was curious to explore was speculative fiction. I hoped that writing stories about the future of the places we love could help students begin to envision the realities and possibilities of the coming decades.
ArentFox Schiff Advises Just Women’s Sports on its Agreement with iHeartPodcasts
ArentFox Schiff represented Just Women's Sports, a digital-first consumer media brand dedicated to women's sports, on the deal. The new season of ‘Snacks’ kicked off on March 30, 2023 and will be distributed by iHeartPodcasts, a division of iHeartMedia (NASDAQ: IHRT), the number one audio company in the United States. Smart In Your World Your goals define our mission. Whether an immediate need or a long-term objective, ArentFox Schiff helps you reach your full potential.
“The beautiful dream that we unfold and extend…”
The beautiful dream that we unfold and extend, ruined, in the course of a sublime mockery; beauty defeated by the measure of a sobering glance, reflected from a bitterly earned truth. You, aubain, you trace, cross the unlivable place, distraught, crack it, move it, lift it up high, spin like a water wheel. And your goods can be taken away. Between letter and body, an analogy exists more than an allegory, an identical signifier: one like the other signifies presence.
Pryor Cashman client Thirty Five Ventures, owned by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman, recently announced that it acquired a minority ownership interest in NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League. The investment features additional partnership elements including content creation, social media support, player relations, and community outreach.
Navigating The New Playing Field: What Athletes Need To Know When Monetizing NIL
United States: Navigating The New Playing Field: What Athletes Need To Know When Monetizing NIL 04 April 2022 by Eric M. Fishman and Nicholas Saady Pryor Cashman LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors We are witnessing a revolution in the way that athletes are able to monetize their name, image and likeness. Gone are the days when athletes had to sign memorabilia for lines of adoring fans to profit from their fame.
NBA Star Durant Enters Multiyear Deal With Crypto Company Coinbase
United States: NBA Star Durant Enters Multiyear Deal With Crypto Company Coinbase 22 December 2021 by Eric M. Fishman , Megan Noh and Eli B. Nathanson Pryor Cashman LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Pryor Cashman client Kevin Durant recently announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with Coinbase, a digital cryptocurrency platform.
International Literacy Association Hub
Teaching Tip Eric Fishman PDF ShareShare Abstract The author describes a heritage language poetry translation project taught in a third‐ and fourth‐grade classroom with both multilingual and monolingual students. Students interviewed family members about their heritage languages, worked with family and community members to choose and analyze a poem in their heritage language, identified essential features of the poem, and developed two interpretive translations of the poem in English.
How the Rhetoric of ‘Learning Loss’ Is Harming Schools
When the Biden Administration announced on February 22 that it would require states to administer standardized tests this year, educators responded with surprise and outrage. The tests not only cause intense anxiety for students and teachers, but they’ll likely disrupt learning even further this spring. The tests not only cause intense anxiety for students and teachers, but they’ll likely disrupt learning even further this spring.
Human Needs and Community Healing
It was March, that gray and slushy month in New England, what feels like the longest month of the school year. Crammed into a small corner room — in life before the pandemic — my 4th- and 5th-grade math class was struggling. Alex sat hunched over his desk, head on his arms. He had already been anxious about the difficulty of the math problems, and then Shaun made a comment (celebrating how “easy” the work was) that Alex interpreted as an insult. Alex shut down and refused to work or even talk to me.
Why You Should Use Plume Models for Chemical Emergency Response
Why You Should Use Plume Models for Chemical Emergency Response During unplanned chemical releases, there are bound to be more questions than answers. Plume models are the best way to answer these questions and more. By Eric Fishman Dec 01, 2020 A plant-wide power outage at Pasadena Refining Systems in Texas one hot July day forced the plant to flare off some product, including sulfur dioxide.
4 ways to make resolving odor complaints easier
Odor complaints stink. No, really — when your facility’s neighbors report a foul or unusual smell coming from your site, it often feels like you’re on a timed search for a needle in a haystack. Unfortunately, this search costs you time and money, so you need to find the source of the odor — fast. Most odor complaints result in two conclusions: the odor is coming from your site or it’s coming from somewhere else.
From Rethinking Schools: Fighting Manufactured Chaos in Puerto Rico’s Public Schools
Home Volume 33, No. 1 — Fall 2018 Fighting Manufactured Chaos in Puerto Rico’s Public Schools Fighting Manufactured Chaos in Puerto Rico’s Public Schools By Mercedes Martínez, Jia Lee August 13 marked the first day of school for more than 319,000 students and 22,000 teachers in Puerto Rico. But instead of feeling prepared to start strong a year after Hurricane Maria, school communities across the island braced themselves for the manufactured mess to come.
From Rethinking Schools: Shock-Doctrine Schooling in Haiti
Two days before the 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti, my 1-year-old son and I accompanied my wife there for an HIV training course she was going to conduct. And two days after surviving the quake, we drove to the center of Port-au-Prince from the Pétion-Ville district, where we had been staying, and passed a school that had completely collapsed.
From Rethinking Schools: The Constant Testing of Black Brilliance
At the Black Teacher Project, an Oakland-based organization designed to uplift, develop, and sustain Black teachers across the nation, we often ask ourselves: “Why do you teach?” I am fueled, in part, by the memory of my 6th-grade teacher who refused to put me in the honors history class. I received an A in her class, and all children with an A were supposed to advance to honors.
From Rethinking Schools: “Love Is Shining in My Heart for You, Dear Haiti”
Home Volume 33, No. 1 — Fall 2018 “Love Is Shining in My Heart for You, Dear Haiti” “Love Is Shining in My Heart for You, Dear Haiti” By Natalie Labossiere “Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere.” That was the only fact about Haiti that my teachers drilled into our heads. This brief description was taught to me in every history class during my elementary, middle, and high school years, and was only mentioned when learning about the great Christopher Columbus.
From Rethinking Schools: Nurturing Student Activists in the Time of Trump
Home Volume 33, No. 1 — Fall 2018 Nurturing Student Activists in the Time of Trump Nurturing Student Activists in the Time of Trump The 2018–19 school year has begun at a time of terrifying climate disruption, seemingly endless war, spectacular inequality, xenophobic and fascist revival, police brutality — and a president fanning the flames of all of the above.
Court: No Waymo to Uber's Assertion of Privilege on Pre-Litigation Investigation
You are defending a recently acquired company in a litigation. As part of pre-acquisition diligence, and prior to the litigation commencing, executives from your client and the company that acquired it shared analysis of facts relevant to the litigation. Now that the acquisition is complete, to what extent can these communications be protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine or the common-interest exception to waiver?
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Contracts often include a fee-shifting provision based on who ultimately prevails in a lawsuit. This article proposes a different kind of fee-shifting clause, one triggered not by who ultimately prevails in a lawsuit, but by who prevails on certain specified motions that commonly add unnecessary expense and delay to dispute resolution proceedings. Thank you for sharing! Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided.
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