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Navigating Legal Pathways to Establish Your Dream Pickleball Facility

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If you play pickleball, America’s fastest growing sport, you’ve probably encountered a problem: the sport’s runaway popularity has led to a shortage of pickleball facilities. If you are a true picklehead, maybe you’ve even...more

Ankura

Monetizing Sports Data and Protecting Athlete Privacy: Where is the Balance?

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The collection of personal data by organizations in the sports industry creates unique data privacy challenges. Generally, a business-to-consumer organization is focused on the personal data of its customers and separately...more

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FBI Issues Cyber Attack Alert Against Tokyo Olympics Service Providers

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On July 19, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigations issued a Private Industry Notification to service providers and “entities associated with the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics that cyber actors who wish to disrupt the event...more

Morgan Lewis

COVID-19 and the Sports Industry: Preparing for Kickoff

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As some sports leagues begin to play again in these challenging times, it is important for organizations to consider each aspect of reopening and the effects on players, employees, stakeholders, and spectators. Key...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: Implications for the Sports & Entertainment Industry

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As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Coronavirus and Event Cancellation Insurance Coverage

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Event cancellation insurance policies might well cover the significant financial losses that will result if an entertainment or sporting event is cancelled due to the coronavirus. Event cancellation insurance policies...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Coronavirus: Are Spectator Bans the Worst Case Scenario for Brand Sponsors?

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On Wednesday, amid growing concern over the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19” or “coronavirus”), the Italian government announced that all sporting events in Italy will resume. The catch? They will all take...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Astros Players and Communicating Compliance

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The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal is only going to get worse and worse. In addition to the report by Wall Street Journal (WSJ) of the “Dark Arts” program by the Astros front office to steal signs in a program called...more

Hogan Lovells

2019 crisis leadership in review

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What starts online won't stop there - There aren't many college basketball games that change the share price of a Fortune 100 company. But in February 2019, Duke University freshman star Zion Williamson blew out one of his...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Would you survive a knockout?

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Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey was at the top of her field, training hard and winning harder. Her success had built her brand. So much so that she diversified into acting with parts in two big budget, big publicity movies. Then it...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Tiger Woods Controversy And Compliance Lessons

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We have a guest post today from Jim Boeckman, focusing on compliance lessons from the recent Tiger Woods rule controversy. ...more

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