The Jackson Lewis Collegiate and Professional Sports Industry Group will be a featured participant at Arizona State’s 2nd Sports and Entertainment Law Conference.  The full details of the conference are posted below.  

What: Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s 2nd Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law

When: Saturday, November 5, 2011 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Where: Armstrong Hall

Schedule:

8:30am – Check-in, Breakfast, and Panel Session Overview

9:00am – Welcome Address (Silent Auction commences)

9:10am – 10:40am Panel Session I (Professional SPORTS)

  • “Collective Bargaining Agreements – The Big 4″
  • Caleb Jay, Associate General Counsel, Arizona Diamondbacks (Moderator)
  • Gregg Clifton, Co-chair of Jackson Lewis’ Collegiate and Professional Sports Industry Group
  • Travis Leach, Co-chair of Snell & Wilmer’s Sports and Entertainment Industry Group
  • Darren Heitner, Sports Attorney, Founder/Chief Editor of SportsAgentBlog.com, Professor at Indiana University
  • “Gene Doping/Drug Testing”
  • Gary Marchant, Professor of Law at Arizona State University
  • John Hoberman, Professor at University of Texas

10:45am – 12:05pm Panel Session II (ENTERTAINMENT)

  • “Protecting IP on the Internet–What is Protectable and How to Enforce”
  • Hamid Jabbar, Attorney at Law
  • Elissa Hecker, Past Chair of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association, Editor of the EASL Journal
  • Connie Mableson, Mableson Law Group
  • “Right of Publicity & Defamation”
  • James Marovich, The Marovich Law Firm, P.L.C.
  • Corie Rosen, Professor of Law at Arizona State University
  • Don Gibson, President & CEO of Kavi Sports & Entertainment
  • Neville Johnson, Founding Partner of Johnson & Johnson, LLP

12:15pm – 12:55pm Lunch

1:05pm – 1:40pm Keynote Address – Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill

1:45pm – 3:05pm Panel Session III (Amateur SPORTS)

  • “State of the NCAA: Antitrust & the BCS; Amateurism & Compliance”
  • Stephen Webb, Executive Director for Athletic Compliance at ASU
  • Tim Epstein, Chair of the Sports Law Practice Group at SmithAmundsen LLC
  • Mary Penrose, Professor of Law at Texas Wesleyan
  • “Sports Agent Regulation”
  • Darren Heitner, Sports Attorney, Founder/Chief Editor of SportsAgentBlog.com, Professor at Indiana University
  • Travis Leach, Co-chair of Snell & Wilmer’s Sports and Entertainment Industry Group
  • Gregg Clifton, Co-chair of Jackson Lewis’ Collegiate and Professional Sports Industry Group

3:15pm – 4:15pm Ethics Presentation

  • “Ethics and In-House Counsel”
  • Caleb Jay and/or Nona Lee, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Arizona Diamondbacks

4:20pm – 5:30pm Panel Session IV (Professional Sport Team Bankruptcies)

  • “Bankruptcy – Stars, Dodgers, Coyotes, Rangers–Who’s Next?”
  • Kellen Bradley, Editor in Chief of ASU Sports & Entertainment Law Journal (Moderator)
  • Tom Salerno, Partner of Squire Sanders
  • Judge Redfield Baum, Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge for the United States bankruptcy court, District of Arizona
  • Susan Freeman, Partner at Lewis and Roca

5:30pm – 5:45 pm Closing Remarks

5:45pm – Cocktail Reception

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Gregg E. Clifton is a Principal in the Phoenix, Arizona, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He is Co-Leader of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Practice Group and serves as the editor of the firm’s sports law blog.

Mr. Clifton has extensive experience in…

Gregg E. Clifton is a Principal in the Phoenix, Arizona, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He is Co-Leader of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Practice Group and serves as the editor of the firm’s sports law blog.

Mr. Clifton has extensive experience in the collegiate and professional sports world. He has advised numerous professional franchises on general labor and employment issues, including Title III ADA regulatory compliance and wage and hour issues. He serves as lead counsel for several Major League Baseball teams in their salary arbitration matters and has represented NCAA and NAIA collegiate clients regarding rules compliance, investigatory matters and in disciplinary hearings. In addition, he has handled Title IX investigations and compliance issues for NCAA and NAIA member institutions. Mr. Clifton has also worked extensively in the area of agent regulation and enforcement in professional and college sports and regularly provides counsel on issues relating to NCAA and NAIA amateurism issues and athlete eligibility questions. He has also served as an expert witness in matters involving sports agents’ work and responsibilities, as well as athlete compensation issues.

Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, he spent six years as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Team Sports for Gaylord Sports Management. He also served as President of the Athlete and Entertainment Division for famed sports attorney Bob Woolf’s firm, Woolf Associates, in Boston.

Mr. Clifton began his career as an Associate at Jackson Lewis where he focused his practice on traditional labor law. He continues to counsel clients in the areas of collective bargaining negotiations, representation cases, arbitrations and National Labor Relations Board matters.

Mr. Clifton frequently serves as an expert speaker to law schools, including Harvard University, Boston College, Hofstra University and Arizona State University, and bar associations regarding sports law issues, including agent regulation and salary arbitration. He is also often cited as an expert source in national news media for his commentary and opinion on legal issues in sports.

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