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Pilgrim to Moderate TItle IX Sports Panel on November 12, 2021
Brooklyn Law School is hosting its first Sports Law Symposium on Friday November 12, 2021. Jill Pilgrim, Managing Attorney for Pilgrim & Associates Arbitration, Law & Mediation LLC will be moderating the panel of brilliant sports lawyers and administrators. ...
NYSPHSAA to vote on allowing high school athletes to benefit off name, image, likeness
LATHAM, NY — High school athletes in New York State could soon start profiting off their name, image and likeness (NIL).
THE FIGHT FOR NIL RIGHTS REACHES A NEW CLASS: HIGH SCHOOLERS
Where is the outrage over high school athletes who are being denied their NIL rights? By DARREN HEITNER
Pilgrim Presents on Black Lives Matter: Sports Law & Society Panel
Black Lives Matter: Sports Law & Society May 11, 2021
Women’s Sports Already Winning
When the NIL era arrived at midnight on July 1, top men’s basketball and football players immediately cashed in. . . . But just as experts predicted, it wasn’t just the top men’s sports athletes who profited. By AMANDA CHRISTOVICH
DI Council recommends DI Board adopt name, image and likeness policy
The Division I Council voted to recommend the Division I Board of Directors adopt an interim policy that would suspend amateurism rules related to name, image and likeness. By Michelle Brutlag Hosick
NCAA NIL Rules Will Permit College Athletes in All States to Enjoy NIL
The NCAA has thrown up its hands at the challenges of paying its athletes and will leave the issue to individual schools.by MICHAEL MCCANN Michael McCann Legal Analyst and Senior Sports Legal Reporter at Sportico.
WHAT WOMEN ATHLETES WON WHEN TITLE IX BECAME LAW
See video of Jill Pilgrim and other prominent sport women as they discuss the impact of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 on women in college sports. The webinar panel took place on June 24, 2021, and was hosted by Arizona State University's Global...
Free Program to Connect Live Performance Venues to Federal Relief
NYC’s Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment announced the launch of Curtains Up NYC, a program to provide application assistance to live-performance venues, organizations and workers applying for federal relief.
Resources for Businesses – Paycheck Protection Program
To connect New York City’s small business owners to federal relief funds, the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) has launched Fair Share NYC, offering free webinars, technical assistance and access to lenders to help businesses interested in applying for PPP loans.
New York Enacts New Post-Mortem Publicity Rights Law with Significant Implications for Commercial Advertising and Marketing Uses
A sea-change in NY's privacy/publicity rights law went into effect on November 30, 2020, when Gov. Cuomo signed legislation establishing a new Civil Rights Law Section 50-f (S5959D /A.5605-C), which for the first time grants a 40-year post-mortem right of publicity...
New Power-of-Attorney Law & Form in New York
In a major victory for New York State Bar Association advocacy on behalf of its members, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has signed a new NYSBA-advanced bill into law that simplifies and improves for consumers the state’s power of attorney form.
Japan considers compulsory private health insurance for international Olympic visitors
The Japanese government is considering making private health insurance coverage compulsory for overseas visitors to next summer's postponed Tokyo Olympics, sources familiar with the plan said. By Japan Today
DeGette legislation to reform U.S. Olympic Committees signed into law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A key piece of legislation, originally introduced in the House by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), to reform how the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committees operate was signed into law last night. Oct 31, 2020 Press Release
Bill which gives Congress power to remove USOPC Board members to become law after Trump signature
The Empowering Olympic, Paralympic and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020 has been signed by United States President Donald Trump, which will see the legislation become law.