ABA conference in Vegas to spotlight IP, sports and entertainment law
By American Bar Association
Sports IP licensing, crisis management for sports and entertainment legal teams and representation of social influencers are among the topics to be presented at “Bright Lights, Big Opportunities: Best Bets in IP, Sports and Entertainment Law” conference Nov. 14-16 in Las Vegas.
The meeting, sponsored by American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and the Intellectual Property Law Section, will spotlight legal insights for emerging technologies and new business focusing on sports, intellectual property and entertainment law.
Kerry Bubolz, president and CEO of the Vegas Golden Knights, will be the luncheon keynote speaker on Thursday, Nov. 14. In his role, Bubolz oversees all business aspects of the National Hockey League franchise. Before joining the Golden Knights, he spent 13 years with the National Basketball Association’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
Other programs include:
• “Sports Sponsorships: Trends, Key Considerations and Legal Risks”
• “Behind the Jersey: Sweating the Details of Sports IP Licensing”
• “Which Screen Are You On? Cross-Media Expansion and Navigation of IP Rights and Licensing in the Convergence of Film, Television Sports and Video Games”
• “The Vegas Shuffle: Legislative Cards in IP Law”
• “The Ace Up Your Sleeve: Legal Insights into Sports Analytics”
• “High Stakes Litigation: IP, Sports and Entertainment Law Update”
• “Collective Action: Unionization and Collective Bargaining in Sports that Traditionally Have Not Had Unions”
• “Preparing a Game Plan: Incident Response and Preventing Corporate Crises for Sports and Entertainment Legal Teams”
For additional information on the conference, visit www.americanbar.org/groups/entertainment_sports.
(https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2024/11/aba-conference-vegas-ip-sports-ent/)
Sports IP licensing, crisis management for sports and entertainment legal teams and representation of social influencers are among the topics to be presented at “Bright Lights, Big Opportunities: Best Bets in IP, Sports and Entertainment Law” conference Nov. 14-16 in Las Vegas.
The meeting, sponsored by American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and the Intellectual Property Law Section, will spotlight legal insights for emerging technologies and new business focusing on sports, intellectual property and entertainment law.
Kerry Bubolz, president and CEO of the Vegas Golden Knights, will be the luncheon keynote speaker on Thursday, Nov. 14. In his role, Bubolz oversees all business aspects of the National Hockey League franchise. Before joining the Golden Knights, he spent 13 years with the National Basketball Association’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
Other programs include:
• “Sports Sponsorships: Trends, Key Considerations and Legal Risks”
• “Behind the Jersey: Sweating the Details of Sports IP Licensing”
• “Which Screen Are You On? Cross-Media Expansion and Navigation of IP Rights and Licensing in the Convergence of Film, Television Sports and Video Games”
• “The Vegas Shuffle: Legislative Cards in IP Law”
• “The Ace Up Your Sleeve: Legal Insights into Sports Analytics”
• “High Stakes Litigation: IP, Sports and Entertainment Law Update”
• “Collective Action: Unionization and Collective Bargaining in Sports that Traditionally Have Not Had Unions”
• “Preparing a Game Plan: Incident Response and Preventing Corporate Crises for Sports and Entertainment Legal Teams”
For additional information on the conference, visit www.americanbar.org/groups/entertainment_sports.
(https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2024/11/aba-conference-vegas-ip-sports-ent/)
‘Women’s Virtual Conference’ conducted by NAPD Dec. 5-7
The National Association for Public Defense will conduct its “Women’s Virtual Conference: We Are The One’s We’ve Been Waiting For” online Thursday through Saturday, December 5-7.
The conference welcomes attendees to gather for advocacy, encouragement, empowerment, training workshops, development, networking, and renewal.
The event invites speakers who have been historically marginalized by age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, sexual identity, education, national origin, or any other distinguishing characteristic or trait. The goal of this event is to uplift marginalized perspectives within the public defense community.
The gathering is for all individuals, in all job titles, and practitioners who work or support public defense: attorneys, paralegals, core staff, social workers, trainers, policy advocates, and more. Law students are also encouraged and invited to join. NAPD is committed to creating an event in a safe space that brings inspiration and transformation to persons of all gender identities, and for this event, NAPD will specifically amplify female, non-binary, and/or gender non-conforming voices in public defense.
Focus areas returning this year include:
• Professional Growth & Leadership.
• Well-Being and Self-Care.
• Representing Women, Families, Children.
• Intersectionality and Connecting Our Stories.
• Women and Racial Justice – sessions centering around the pursuit of racial justice and equality.
Additional information and online registration is available at https://publicdefenders.us/event/napd-womens-virtual-conference.
The conference welcomes attendees to gather for advocacy, encouragement, empowerment, training workshops, development, networking, and renewal.
The event invites speakers who have been historically marginalized by age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, sexual identity, education, national origin, or any other distinguishing characteristic or trait. The goal of this event is to uplift marginalized perspectives within the public defense community.
The gathering is for all individuals, in all job titles, and practitioners who work or support public defense: attorneys, paralegals, core staff, social workers, trainers, policy advocates, and more. Law students are also encouraged and invited to join. NAPD is committed to creating an event in a safe space that brings inspiration and transformation to persons of all gender identities, and for this event, NAPD will specifically amplify female, non-binary, and/or gender non-conforming voices in public defense.
Focus areas returning this year include:
• Professional Growth & Leadership.
• Well-Being and Self-Care.
• Representing Women, Families, Children.
• Intersectionality and Connecting Our Stories.
• Women and Racial Justice – sessions centering around the pursuit of racial justice and equality.
Additional information and online registration is available at https://publicdefenders.us/event/napd-womens-virtual-conference.
