Duke Sports & Entertainment Law Society

Please register for Duke’s 3rd Annual Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium by clicking here, no later than Tuesday, January 22nd at 5 PM.

The Duke Sports & Entertainment Law Society (SELS) presents its 3rd Annual Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium:

The Changing Economics of the Sports and Entertainment Industries

SELS and Duke Law School would like to thank our sponsor,

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Schedule of Events – Friday, January 25th

8:30 – 9:00 Registration Breakfast

9:00 – 9:05 Welcome Remarks

9:05 – 9:50 NFL Concussion Litigation

• Timothy Epstein, Smith Amundsen, Chicago
• John Hogan, John Hogan Law, Atlanta
• David Hoyle, Motley Rice, South Carolina

10:00 – 10:45 Creating Value for Professional Sports Franchises

• Scott Wilkinson, Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta
• Billy Traurig, Carolina Hurricanes, Raleigh

10:55 – 11:40 Monetization of College Sports

• Dr. Kevin White, Vice President and Athletic Director, Duke University, North Carolina
• Dean Jordan, Wasserman Media Group, Raleigh
• Lee Berke, LHB Sports, Entertainment & Media Inc., New York

11:50 – 12:40 O’Bannon v. NCAA

• Warren Zola, Boston College School of Management, Boston
• Curt Clausen, Skadden Arps, New York
• Christian Dennie, Barlow, Garsek and Simon LLP, Texas

12:45 – 1:45 Networking Lunch

1:45 – 2:30 Copyright Reversion

• Uwonda Carter, The Carter Law Firm, Atlanta
• Greg Eveline, Eveline Davis and Phillips, Loyola University Law School
• Ross Charap, Arent Fox, New York

2:40 – 3:25 Film Finance

• Thomas Glen Leo, Sheppard Mullin, Los Angeles
• David Zitzerman, Goodmans, Canada
• Carolyn Casselman, Paul Weiss, New York

3:35 – 4:30 Handling Scandal

• George Hanna, MLB Department of Investigations, New York
• Timothy Epstein, Smith Amundsen, Chicago
• Jennifer Harper, Jackson Lewis, Washington, D.C.

4:30 – Closing Remarks and Reception