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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2025 #4

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The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has pushed back against efforts to force him to hand over documents relating to his alleged sexual misconduct and hush money payments in a class action over the company’s...more

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Online Abuse in Sport: What Can We Learn From the Rubiales Trial?

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The event that took over the Women’s Football World Cup Final on 20 August 2023 returned to dominate headlines this month. Luis Rubiales (Rubiales), former president of the Spanish Football Association, was found guilty of...more

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The “Kiss” of Death for Spanish Football: Lessons Learned on Sport Safeguarding and Labor Relations from the Jenni Hermoso Trial

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On August 20, 2023, the Spanish national football team won the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in history. As star forward Jenni Hermoso received her medal in front of thousands of fans, Luis Rubiales, then...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - December 2024 #4

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NASCAR wants to press pause on a court order that stops it from blocking teams that have asserted antitrust claims against the league from its races, telling the judge who handed down the preliminary injunction that it thinks...more

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Title IX Regulations Enjoined in Four States: What Do You Need to Know?

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On June 13, a judge in the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the new Title IX regulations in full in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho. The...more

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Norway: Sexual Harassment of Female Soccer Players – What it Is and What Can Be Done to Prevent it

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Recent news highlights that sexual harassment is a widespread problem for female soccer players in Norway. In fact, every sixth player at the top level of women’s soccer in Norway has experienced inappropriate behavior from...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - April 2021 #2

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Happy Thursday and a big congratulations to the Stanford Cardinal and the Baylor Bears on their respective NCAA Women’s and Men’s Basketball Tournament wins (the latter of which helped yours truly place second in our Firm’s...more

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The Gender Divide: When Legal Standards Are Not “Standard”

The inequality of men and women under the Constitution has been a hot-button issue for decades, and doesn’t appear to be going away fast enough. Shifting legal standards have made defining, reporting, and prosecuting gender...more

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Secretary of Education Revises Title IX Laws -- How Do New Regulations Favor Sex Offenders?

Those in the education field should be focused on protecting students. Students should feel safe attending school and college. If they are being physically or sexually assaulted by teachers or coaches, they should be able to...more

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That is SO last week - August 2015 #2

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Pay was the big deal last week. A divided Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve the CEO Pay Ratio Rule. The new rule requires publicly traded companies to disclose the ratio of their chief executive officer’s...more

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