Perspectives on Sports

Rich Brand, leader of Arent Fox’s Sports practice, was a guest on the Emmy-award winning show “YES/Forbes SportsMoney” to discuss the difficulties numerous teams in the National Football League and Major League Baseball face when looking for public financing to pay for new stadiums and renovate exis

Arent Fox is proud to announce the opening of its new San Francisco office in the KPMG Building.

Chambers USA recognized 31 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as leaders in their field.

Sports counsel Jared Bartie served as a judge for this year’s Sports Business Awards - the annual showcase presented by the SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily to celebrate excellence in sports business and honor those who personify excellence in the business of sports.

Arent Fox Sports partner Rich Brand talked with The National Law Journal about the opening of Arent Fox’s San Francisco office and the firm’s representation of the San Francisco 49ers on its recent naming rights and sponsorship transaction.

Arent Fox served as outside counsel for the San Francisco 49ers in a naming rights and sponsorship transaction with Levi Strauss & Co.

Managing Partner Matthew Clark and Automotive leader Aaron Jacoby were quoted in a Daily Journal article after the firm announced it signed a lease for a new San Francisco office.

Arent Fox LLP announced that its new San Francisco office will be located in the KPMG Building at 55 2nd Street in the city’s Financial District.

Richard Brand, leader of Arent Fox’s Sports practice, was a guest on the Emmy-award winning show “YES/Forbes SportsMoney” on the YES Network to discuss critical components of the recently announced multi-billion dollar television deal between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Time Warner Cable.

Sports counsel Maidie Oliveau was quoted in a Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal article on tennis icon Donald Dell.

Rich Brand, leader of Arent Fox’s Sports practice, was part of a panel hosted by Forbes that focused on the impact technology is having on the sports industry. A portion of the program appeared on the Emmy award-winning “Forbes SportsMoney.”

Arent Fox Sports Practice Group Leader Rich Brand will be moderating two panels as part of the Los Angeles Sports Summit, on June 24 and June 25, 2019. Jennifer O’Sullivan will also serve as a panelist.

The Arent Fox Sports group will be participating on three different panel sessions at the 2019 Sports Lawyers Association Annual Conference

Please join Arent Fox, a Law360 Sports Group of the Year, for the second installment in our Sports Law CLE Spring Series.

Arent Fox Sports Partner Jennifer O’Sullivan will be speaking on the panel, “Treading A Minefield? Legal Risks & Opportunities Surrounding Betting Sponsorship,” on April 23, 2019 at the Betting on Sports America Conference in Secaucus, NJ.

Arent Fox Sports Partner Jennifer O’Sullivan will be speaking on the panel, “Sponsorship Brand Protection: Developing a brand protection strategy, including how GDPR, betting regulation is impacting on sponsorship,” on May 22, 2019 at the LawInSport Football Law Conference.

Arent Fox and the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) are teaming up to host a panel titled “Current Legal and Business Issues in Soccer” before the D.C. United home game at Audi Field on Tuesday, April 9th.

Please join Arent Fox, a Law360 Sports Group of the Year, for the first installment in our Sports Law CLE Spring Series.

On March 2, 2019, Arent Fox Trademark and Copyright Associate Danielle Bulger will speak at the 22nd Annual SELSA Center Court Conference held at Howard University School of Law.

Arent Fox San Francisco Managing Partner and Sports Practice Group Leader Rich Brand will be speaking on the “Sport Sponsorship & Evaluation” panel on Friday, February 22nd at the Sports Industry Networking and Career (SINC) Conference at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Arent Fox Sports Partners Glenn Colton and Jennifer O’Sullivan will co-present the webinar, “What the Supreme Court’s Murphy v. NCAA Decision Means for Fantasy Sports,” through Celesq and Thomson Reuters on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 12:00pm EST.

Arent Fox Sports Partners Glenn Colton and Jennifer O’Sullivan will be speaking at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association’s (FSTA) 2019 Winter Conference on January 22, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. Glenn will be moderating the panel discussion, “Flag on the Play – ‘Off Sides’: Where is the Line of Scrimmag

Rich Brand will be conducting an exclusive one-on-one interview with Mario Alioto, Executive Vice President of Business Operations for the San Francisco Giants, at Bisnow’s Retail Series West Coast Summit on September 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA.

Rich Brand will be part of a panel session at LawInSport’s 2018 Annual Conference in London, UK on September 14, 2018.