Local Outreach Efforts
Toronto
Entertainment, Media & Communications: The Legal Landscape of Full-Contact Professional Sports: Impacts of Developments in the Study of Brain Injuries and the Emergence of Mixed Martial Arts
Date:
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 | 5:30 pm
Location:
Twenty Toronto Street Conferences & Events
20 Toronto Street, 2nd Floor
Toronto
Agenda:
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Registration and Cash bar reception
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Buffet Dinner
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Program, followed by Question and Answer Period
Mixed Martial Arts ("MMA") is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. It is also one of the most highly regulated. Increased media exposure has brought with it increased attention to the medical, safety, regulatory and legal issues that exist in this and other full-contact professional sports, including the NHL and NFL. Gain an essential understanding of the key legal issues, including:
- The regulatory structure for combat sports and how it differs from other sports
- Why MMA is potentially safer than other full-contact sports
- How existing and ongoing medical studies on early detection, treatment and prevention of brain injuries are influencing the legal issues at play
- Implications of the recent amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada for combative sports
- Other fundamental legal issues involved in professional sports
Join our expert panel of sports lawyers in a "Town-Hall" style forum to learn about this exciting area of sports law.
Program Chair:
Layth Gafoor, Lucentem Sports & Entertainment Law PC
Speakers:
Michael Mersch, Senior Vice-President of Athlete Relations,
Business and Legal Affairs for Zuffa LLC dba, Ultimate Fighting Championship®
David Goldstein, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
| CBA/SLA Members | CBA/SLA Student Members | Non-Member | |
| Live (includes buffet dinner) | $75* | $50* | $110* |
| Webcast | $75* | $50* | $110* |
Palo Alto
Intellectual Property Issues in the Sports Industry
Wednesday, March 26
Sheppard Mullin
379 Lytton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Networking | Drinks & Appetizers
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
CLE Program (This activity has been approved for 1 hour of Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California)
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Speakers:
David Kelly, Vice President and General Counsel, Golden State Warrior
Ryan Horning, Senior Counsel, Oakland Athletics
Ken Landphere, Director, Octagon (Head of Football Division)
Kevin Blue, Senior Associate Athletics Director, External Relations, Stanford University
MODERATOR
Ryan Hilbert, Special Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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