Cardozo Law Symposium: Amateur Athletics, Professional IP: Sponsorship, Surveillance, and the London 2012 Olympics

On Thursday,  March 8 the Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law will host a symposium titled Amateur Athletics, Professional IP: Sponsorship, Surveillance, and the London 2012 Olympics. Anyone can attend this free symposium (and if you plan on attending, please be sure to RSVP to the Symposium Editor, Wells Crandall, at richard.crandall@law.cardozo.yu.edu by March 4).  Attorneys will receive 1.5 hours of transitional/nontransitional professional practice CLE for each session they attend. 

I'm honored to be a panelist.  Here is the schedule:

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM - Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Panel on surveillance at the Olympics

• Michael Drury, of Burton Copeland.  Mr. Drury is a barrister in England who works on surveillance law.  His prior post was General Counsel to the GCHQ, which stands for "Government Communications Headquarters," which is an intelligence agency in the U.K., and is akin to the NSA. 

• Pete Fussey, Sociologist and Criminologist.  He wrote "Securing and Sustaining the Olympic Games." He has in depth knowledge of the surveillance developments in Britain and how Britain has developed quite a bit of surveillance.  

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM - Break, snacks provided

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM - Panel on brand protection at the Olympics

• Michael Kuh, associate at Latham and Watkins, who was on the Legal Advisory Group for New York's bid to the International Olympic Committee.  More recently, he worked on USA bid to host the 2022 World Cup.    

• Michael McCann, Sports Law Institute director at Vermont Law School and Legal Analyst at Sports Illustrated.  He wrote As Super Bowl week commences, NFL's clean zones still an issue for Sports Illustrated last month and is an expert on consumer, antitrust and sports law issues.

• Ben Sturner, CEO of the Leverage Agency.  He is a sports marketing agent who has 11 agents working for him.  His business is marketing brands during sports events.  He has attended six Olympics in a work capacity.  Notably, he was involved with attempting to sell the naming rights to the "Bird's Nest" in Beijing (see WSJ article here). 

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM - Lunch

UC Davis School of Law to host Scott Boras

UC Davis School of Law’s Entertainment and Sports Law Society presents “Negotiating the Largest Contracts in Sports History” with Professional Baseball Attorney Scott Boras on Monday, February 27 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm at the UC Davis ARC Ballroom.

Named the “Most Influential Non-Player in the Last 25 Years” by Baseball America, Mr. Boras has negotiated many record-setting Major League Baseball contracts since 1982. Many of his former and current clients, including Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Barry Zito, Prince Fielder, Manny Ramirez, Greg Maddux, Mark Teixeira, Matt Holiday, Jason Werth, and Carlos Beltran are among the highest paid in the game. Do not miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to hear directly from one of the most powerful and innovative people in the world of professional sports.

Admission is free and open to the public. A brief Q&A session will follow the event. To RSVP and for more information, please visit this link.