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From Marketing Associate to Legal Leader: How Clay Allen Became the Rockets' GC

Clay Allen, GC of the Houston Rockets, discusses his beginning in the team's marketing department, the pandemic's effect on his work and being an openly gay executive in the sports business.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

WWE Wrestles New Chief Lawyer Away From Luxury Fashion Firm

Samira Shah succeeds Brian Nurse, who was reportedly dismissed along with two other WWE executives late last year.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sweeping Changes Proposed to New York Ticketing Regime

On May 12, 2021, after conducting a year-long investigation into event ticketing, New York State Senator James Skoufis introduced a bill with widespread changes to New York's ticketing landscape. This article discusses the key proposals of the bill, which reached the New York Senate floor on May 20, 2021.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Fashion Lawyer Joins Reed Smith's Entertainment and Media Group

After 15 years at Greenberg Traurig and a one-year stint at Cozen O'Connor, Danielle Garno joins Reed Smith as shareholder.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

General Counsel Impact: Miami Dolphins Attorney Marcus Bach Armas Turned Hard Rock Into COVID-19 Testing, Vaccination Center

"As an attorney for a professional sports team and venue, I never contemplated that I would have to focus my practice on the distribution of virus tests and vaccines by the hundreds of thousands," Armas said.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Swiss Bank Agrees to Pay $80 Million for Involvement in FIFA Money Laundering Scheme

A Swiss bank laundered more than $35 million in bribe payments through the United States as part of "a scheme in which sports marketing companies bribed soccer officials in exchange for broadcasting rights to soccer matches," according to court documents in the case in Brooklyn federal court.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawmakers Jettison Controversial Part of Seminole Gambling Deal

Under the proposed compact, the Seminoles would pay the state at least $2.5 billion over five years in exchange for being able to operate sports betting in the state, along with getting perks such as offering roulette and craps at tribal casinos.
6 minute read

International Edition

K&L Gates Poaches Norton Rose Fulbright Partner for Queensland Office

The departure adds to a stream of exits from Norton Rose Fulbright in Australia over the past year.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Seminole Tribe Tries to Ease Concerns About Gambling Deal

Despite their qualms about expanding the state's gambling footprint, Republican lawmakers who control the House and Senate, including House Speaker Chris Sprowls, are unlikely to quash a compact that would be a major achievement for the GOP governor whose political star is on the rise.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

To Defend NBA Star Jimmy Butler Against Claims From His Former Talent Agency, This Greenberg Traurig Partner Played Offense

When Independent Sports & Entertainment LLC sued Butler last year seeking a portion of the proceeds from a $5 million Nike endorsement contract, his lawyer Mathew Rosengart didn't just play defense.
5 minute read

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