Massachusetts CLE this month has scheduled as CLE seminar titled Lawyering for Pro Sports Teams.
The program will take place on Thursday, July 14 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the MCLE Conference Center, 10 Winter Place, Boston.
This program provides a unique glimpse at how lawyers for the area's professional sports teams do just about everything but put the ball or puck in play. Sports is a major industry, and lawyers play an increasingly critical role in all aspects of the industry - from team and player acquisitions and contracts, to intellectual property licensing, major construction, intra-league relations, media contracts, and even to constitutional legal issues involving rights of access.
The program chair is Daniel L. Goldberg, Bingham McCutchen LLP. Other speakers will be Robert L. Caporale, Game Plan Inc.; NeilJacobs, Wilmer Cutler PickeringHale and Dorr LLP; Richard A.Karelitz, a Sharon, MA attorney; Lucinda Treat, Boston Red Sox, and Michael J. Wall, an Acton, MAattorney.
For details on registration fees, see the Bulletin Board on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www. metrocorpcounsel.com.
For reservations, call (800) 966-6253 or visit www.mcle.org.