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08.18.14

O’Bannon case, New Rules for College Athletic Conferences to Be Discussed at Santa Clara Symposium

The O’Bannon case and the new NCAA rules for the largest college athletic conferences will be discussed at the Fifth Annual Sports Law and Ethics Symposium at Santa Clara University on September 11, 2014.


10.09.13

Selected Proceedings From Concussion Symposium Published

Selected proceedings from the Sports Law Symposium sponsored by Manatt and hosted by the Santa Clara University Institute of Sports Law and Ethics on September 12, 2013, have now been published.


08.29.13

Ethics: Cleaning Up Your Act

Ever read a brief and felt the urge to cry out "this stinks?" Well, an appellate court in Indiana had that experience last summer, and meant it literally.


04.26.13

Positive Coaching Alliance Founder Wins First Ethos Award

The Santa Clara University Institute of Sports Law and Ethics (ISLE), which is chaired by Manatt Sports Law Practice Group chair Ron Katz, will be giving its first ETHOS award for contributions to the ethics of sports to Jim Thompson, the founder and CEO of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), whose ...


12.18.12

Rubbernecking on the Ethics Highway

California is justly famous for its highways. But human operation of vehicles makes accidents on the road inevitable.


09.14.12

Over 220 Attend Manatt-Sponsored Symposium on the Role of Sports in Higher Education

The role of sports in higher education was the subject of a day-long symposium sponsored by Manatt at Santa Clara University on September 6. Numerous distinguished speakers opined on that controversial subject, including keynoters Joe Nocera (New York Times Op-Ed columnist) and Wallace Renfro ...


07.16.12

Manatt Argues for Jim Brown's Trademark Rights Before the Ninth Circuit

Last Friday Manatt partner Ron Katz, the Chair of Manatt's Sports Law Practice Group, argued the case of Brown v. Electronic Arts before Judges Sidney Thomas and Jay Bybee of the Ninth Circuit and District Court Judge Gordon Quist sitting by designation.


05.01.12

Ethics: Judges Corral Horses and Ostriches to Combat Bad Lawyering

Appeals are generally staid affairs, and appellate justices — jaded by experience — are generally slow to anger.


02.07.12

Divided 9th Circuit Panel holds Prop 8 Unconstitutional

This morning the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its highly anticipated opinion in California's Proposition 8 litigation.


01.27.12

Recent Ethical Disasters: Appellate Courts' Responses to Bad Lawyering

Appellate courts often confront various forms of deficient lawyering, particularly involving questions of dishonesty and frivolity.