2007 NSLI FALL CONFERENCE

The Increasing Globalization of Sports: Olympic, International and Comparative Law & Business Issues

Location: Hilton Milwaukee City Center, 515 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Please click here for further information on conference site.

Registration: 8 - 9 am

9 - 9:10 am Welcome and Introductions

9 - 10:45 AM The Global Expansion of Sports and Its Implications

• Moderator: John Collins, Partner, Collins & Collins, Chicago, IL
• Casey Shilts, Chief Operating Officer, Hicks Sports Group LLC, and Executive Vice President, Hicks Holdings LLC, Dallas, TX
• Mary Kay Braza, Partner and Chair, Sports Industry Team, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Milwaukee, WI
• Robert Leib, President and CEO, Leib Advisors, LLC and THE LEIB GROUP, LLC, Mequon, WI
• Gordon Kirke, Sports Lawyer and Sports Law Professor, Toronto, Canada

BREAK - 10:45 - 10:55 AM

10:55 - 11:55 AM Global Sports Marketing and Legal Protection of Intellectual Property

• Moderator: andré douglas pond cummings, Associate Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, WV
• Anne Wall, Owner, Marketing Navigators, Inc, Oconomowoc, WI
• Michael J. Mellis, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, MLB Advanced Media, Inc., New York, NY

12:00 - 1:30 PM |Conference Luncheon: Master of the Game Award (click here for more information about the Master of the Game Award)

• 2007 Recipient: Michael Conley, Executive Director, World Sport Chicago, and CEO, MAC Management Group, Chicago, Illinois.

  Mike won a Gold medal in the triple jump at the 1992 Olympics, a Silver medal in 1984, and was fourth in 1996.

1:30 - 3:15 PM Resolution of International Sports Disputes

• Moderator: Matt Mitten, Professor of Law and Director, National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI and Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Allan Erbsen, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
• Richard McLaren, Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Counsel to McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP and Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Mike Straubel, Associate Professor of Law, and Director, Sports Law Clinic, Valparaiso School of Law, Valparaiso, IN
• Gary Johanssen, Associate General Counsel, United States Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, CO

BREAK - 3:15 - 3:25 PM

3:25 - 5 PM Comparative Analysis of Sports League Structure, Governance and Player Restraints

• Moderator: Jim McKeown, Partner, Chair, Antitrust Practice Group, and Member, Sports Industry Team, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI



• James Nafziger, Thomas B. Stoel Professor and Director, International Law Programs, Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon
• Dr. Anastasios Kaburakis, Director of Sports Management Graduate Program, Assistant Professor of Sports Law and Sports Management, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
• Stephen Ross, Professor of Law and Director, Penn State Institute for Sports Law, Policy and Research, The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, University Park, PA

Continuing Legal Education Credits.

The NSLI will apply for CLE credit to any state for which a conference or seminar attendee seeks credit. However, individual attorneys must pay the fees associated with any applications.