"The most fun they've ever had": lawyers in the world of pro sports

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Sports law is becoming an ever more popular specialty. Sports lawyers usually represent players or management and spend devote much of their time to negotiating contracts. This specialty is growing ever more complex, though, and antitrust exemptions and the relationship of antitrust to labor laws are taking up more of lawyers' time. Other emerging issues are drug and AIDS testing, player injuries, and whether sports agents should be regulated at the state or federal level.

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Special recognition: benefits of certification are drawing more lawyers into programs

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The number of attorneys participating in certification programs has increased 23% from 1994 to 1997 according to an ABA House of Delegates study. The number of attorneys seeking certification in more recently defined fields of law such as elder law has increased 89% from 1994 to 1996. Reality lags behind perception, however, since most people assume attorneys possess valid certification in their fields of practice.

United States

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Olympic lawyers behind the scenes; let the games begin

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Attorneys Ron Rowan, Jeffrey Orridge, Peter Alkalay, Robert Hersh and Bernard Favaro work in various capacities for the US Olympic Committee and the bodies it governs. Sports law is in flux, with changing definitions of amateurism and complications of sponsorships and endorsements. Drug testing is the most controversial aspect of sports law in amateur athletics.

Officials and employees, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United States Olympic Committee, Rowan, Ron, Orridge, Jeffrey, Favaro, Bernard, Alkalay, Peter, Hersh, Robert

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