Duke's 3rd Annual Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium

Warren Zola and I will be speaking tomorrow, Friday, January 25th at Duke Law for its 3rd Annual Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium along with a wide array of counsel and leaders in the business of both sports and entertainment.  Below is the schedule.  If you are in the Research Triangle area, hopefully you can make what looks to be a great event.

The Duke Sports & Entertainment Law Society (SELS) presents its 3rd Annual Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium: The Changing Economics of the Sports and Entertainment Industries

Schedule of Events – Friday, January 25^th

8:30 – 9:00 Registration Breakfast

9:00 – 9:05 Welcome Remarks

9:05 – 9:50 NFL Concussion Litigation

• Timothy Epstein, SmithAmundsen, Chicago
• John Hogan, John Hogan Law, Atlanta
• David Hoyle, Motley Rice, South Carolina

10:00 – 10:45 Creating Value for Professional Sports Franchises

• Scott Wilkinson, Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta
• Billy Traurig, Carolina Hurricanes, Raleigh

10:55 – 11:40 Monetization of College Sports

• Dr. Kevin White, Vice President and Athletic Director, Duke University, North Carolina
• Dean Jordan, Wasserman Media Group, Raleigh
• Lee Berke, LHB Sports, Entertainment & Media Inc., New York

11:50 – 12:40 O’Bannon v. NCAA

• Warren Zola, Boston College School of Management, Boston
• Curt Clausen, Skadden Arps, New York
• Christian Dennie, Barlow, Garsek and Simon LLP, Texas

12:45 – 1:45 Networking Lunch

1:45 – 2:30 Copyright Reversion

• Uwonda Carter, The Carter Law Firm, Atlanta
• Greg Eveline, Eveline Davis and Phillips, Loyola University Law School
• Ross Charap, Arent Fox, New York

2:40 – 3:25 Film Finance

• Thomas Glen Leo, Sheppard Mullin, Los Angeles
• David Zitzerman, Goodmans, Canada
• Carolyn Casselman, Paul Weiss, New York

3:35 – 4:30 Handling Scandal

• George Hanna, MLB Department of Investigations, New York
• Timothy Epstein, SmithAmundsen, Chicago
• Jennifer Harper, Jackson Lewis, Washington, D.C.

4:30 – Closing Remarks and Reception