Emerging Legal Issues in International Sports (Conference Presentation and Materials 2018)

Emerging Legal Issues in International Sports

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Despina Mavromati

Sports Lawyer & Academic (SportLegis / FCIArb / Université de Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland, and member, NSLI Board of Advisors

Dr Despina Mavromati is an Attorney-at-Law (member of the Greek and the Swiss Bar) specializing in international sports law and arbitration (Sportlegis) & an Adjunct Professor at the University of Lausanne. Member of the NSLI Board of Advisors.

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SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES FOR LEGAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS

Cases and Decisions

• Dutee Chand v. Athletics Federation of India (AFI) & The International Ass’n of Athletics Federation (IAAF), CAS 2014/A/3759, available at http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/AWARD_3759__FINAL___REDACTED_FOR_PUBLICATION_.pdf.
• José Paolo Guerrero v. FIFA, CAS 2018/A/5546; WADA v. FIFA & José Paolo Guerrero, CAS 2018/A/5571, available at http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_2018.A.5546__CAS_2018.A.5571_Award_FINAL.pdf.
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) v. Alizé Cornet, SR/Adhocsport/12/2018, available at https://www.itftennis.com/media/285132/285132.pdf.
• RFC Seraing v. FIFA, TAS 2016/A/4490, available at http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Sentence_4490__FINALE__internet.pdf (in French).
• Swiss Federal Tribunal Judgement Seraing v. FIFA

Rules and Regulations

• IAAF ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS FOR THE FEMALE CLASSIFICATION (ATHLETES WITH DIFFERENCES OF SEX DEVELOPMENT)
  (Published on 23 April 2018, coming into effect as from 1 November 2018)

Legal Periodicals

• Andy Brown, CAS Grants IAAF Another Extension in Dutee Chand Case, Sports Integrity Initiative (Jan. 19, 2018), http://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/cas-grants-iaaf-another-extension-dutee-chand-case/.
• Press Release, International Association of Athletics Federation, IAAF Statement on CAS Arbitration of New Female Classification Regulations (June 19, 2018), available at https://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/iaaf-statement-cas-arbitration-of-new-female.
• Despina Mavromati, Did the Brussels Court of Appeal Conclude on the Compatibility of CAS with the ECHR and European Union Law?, Sportlegis (Sept. 10, 2018), http://sportlegis.com/brussels-court-of-appeal-decision-in-the-matter-doyen-et-al-v-fifa-et-al-legality-of-the-arbitration-clause-in-the-fifa-statutes/.
• Despina Mavromati, SFT Judgement 4A_260/2017 of February 20, 2018 (Motion to Set Aside the CAS Award TAS 2016/A/4490), Sportlegis (Sept. 10, 2018), http://sportlegis.com/the-swiss-federal-judgment-in-the-third-party-ownership-case-fc-seraing-v-fifa-and-the-decision-of-the-brussels-court-of-appeal-a-parallel-universe/.
• Media Release, Court of Arbitration for Sport, The ECHR Recognizes that CAS Fulfils the Requirements of Independence and Impartiality (Oct. 2, 2018), available at http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Release_Mutu_Pechstein_ECHR.pdf.