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Steven Bank is the Vice Dean for Curricular and Academic Affairs and\u00a0Paul Hastings Professor of Business Law at UCLA School of Law. Professor Bank, who received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from the University of Chicago, is a frequent commentator on sports law issues, particularly in the context of soccer, applying his business and tax expertise in his writing and speaking for both scholarly and popular outlets. He explores these issues in more depth in his course on\u00a0International and Comparative Sports Law\u00a0as well as in his Perspectives seminar on\u00a0Law, Lawyering, and the Beautiful Game. [su_divider top=”no” […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Charles Grantham is Director and Faculty Associate Professor, Center for Sport Management, at Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business. He has also served as a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor in New York University’s School of Professional Studies, Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media and Business. He was the first Executive Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) from 1978 to 1988 and the NBPA\u2019s first Executive Director from 1988 to 1995, where he was one of the architects of the NBA\/NBPA revenue-sharing business model, the first in professional sports. Mr. Grantham earned a B.S. from Cheyney University of […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Darren Adam Heitner, Esq. is the Founder of Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules. Darren can be contacted at darren@heitnerlegal.com.\u00a0 [su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#aaaaaa” size=”6″] Did you know that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been tasked with regulating the athlete agent industry since 2004? In […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Alicia Jessop, Esq. (Alicia.Jessop@pepperdine.edu) is a tenure-track Associate Professor of Sport Law at Pepperdine University. An attorney licensed to practice in California and Colorado, Alicia is the president-elect of the Sport and Recreation Law Association and serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport and Sport Innovation Journal. A regular contributor to the Washington Post, The Athletic, Forbes and other national media outlets, Alicia\u2019s research focuses on legal issues related to athlete and sport consumer well-being. She has consulted with the National Basketball Players Association and Alliance of American Football to develop policies and practices aimed […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Jeffrey L. Kessler and David L. Greenspan Jeffrey L. Kessler is Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP and Co-Chair of the firm\u2019s sports law practice.\u00a0 One of the world\u2019s leading antitrust, sports law, and trial lawyers, Jeffrey has litigated some of the most famous sports-antitrust cases in history, including\u00a0McNeil v. NFL, the landmark antitrust jury trial which led to the establishment of free agency in the National Football League, and\u00a0Brady v. NFL, which led to the end of the 2011 NFL lockout. Jeffrey is co-lead class counsel in the landmark NCAA Grant-in-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation in which the Ninth Circuit […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Nic Mayne (HLS ’18) is an attorney in the Portland, Oregon office of Miller Nash Graham & Dunn. A graduate of Harvard Law School and former member of the Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law, Nic\u2019s practice is now focused on representing educational institutions, businesses, and individuals, including those in the sports and entertainment industries. As an agent certified by the National Hockey League Players\u2019 Association, Nic has prior experience representing professional athletes in endorsement and licensing deals as well as negotiations with NHL teams, in addition to advising younger athletes on NCAA regulatory compliance. Nic can be reached at 503.205.2336 […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Tom O\u2019Connell is an MLB Certified Agent and Founder and President of O\u2019Connell Sports Management, located in Tampa, FL. In this role, he has negotiated over $275 million in contracts and nearly $15 million in draftee bonuses. Tom has represented professional baseball players since 1997 and currently sits on the MLBPA Agent Advisory Board. Tom can be reached at tom@toconnellsports.com. [su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#aaaaaa” size=”6″] The average social media influencer can take home anywhere from $30,000 to $100,000 per year promoting products like clothing, shoes, or other retail goods on their pages. Some, with one million or more followers, can make upwards […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Jeffrey F. Brown, James Bo Pearl, Jeremy Salinger, and Annie Alvarado are all authors of a forthcoming piece for JSEL’s Fall 2020 Edition on the topic of group licensing in NIL. Their interview covers topics explored in-depth in their journal article, the executive summary of which is excerpted below as a preview for their exciting scholarship to come. [su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#aaaaaa” size=”6″] [su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#aaaaaa” size=”6″] Athletes and other celebrities often assert a right of publicity to use their NIL in a variety of commercial activities. Their right to publicity is governed by state law, which typically prevents unauthorized use of […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Michael Feblowitz is a 2020 graduate of Boston College Law School, cum laude, and an experienced author on the topic of NIL. Feblowitz was awarded First Place in the 2020 Sports Lawyers Association Student Writing Competition for his article, “One NIL: The Impact and Constitutionality of the Fair Pay to Play Act.” Prior to law school, Feblowitz graduated magna cum laude from Wharton’s undergraduate program in business. Feblowitz can be reached at michael.feblowitz@bc.edu.\u00a0 [su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#aaaaaa” size=”6″] California State Senator Nancy Skinner was clear about the purposes of the Fair Play to Pay act when she first unveiled the proposed legislation: […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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Marvellous Iheukwumere is a rising 3L at Harvard Law School and an incoming online content chair for Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. Prior to attending law school, Marvellous was a track & field student athlete at Columbia University. After college, Marvellous joined the NBA\u2019s front office where she assisted with compliance and business affairs in the league\u2019s Legal Department. She also competed professionally and ended her track career as a 2016 Nigerian Olympic Trials Finalist. Marvellous can be reached at miheukwumere@jd21.law.harvard.edu. [su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#aaaaaa” size=”6″] In this year which has been rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, police brutality, and […] <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>
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