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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Schedule of Events and Speakers
| 8:15am – 8:45am |
Registration, Breakfast, Meet & Greet
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| 8:45am – 8:55am |
Opening Remarks
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| 9:00am – 10:00am |
PANEL I:
The Role of the Entertainment and Sports Lawyer
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| 10:15am – 11:15am |
PANEL II (split):
- (Sports) Balancing Justice within Anti-Doping Regulation: Equality of Competition v. Protection of Individual Rights
- (Entertainment) 360 DEALS: The Band Becoming a Brand and the Expansion of Artists’ Rights
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| 11:30am –12:30pm |
PANEL III (split):
- (Sports) Professional Equality: Is the Rooney Rule an Effective Model for Professional and Collegiate Sports?
- (Entertainment) Intellectual Property Rights: What’s New in the Litigation Arena
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| 12:30pm – 2:00pm |
Luncheon
Kenneth L. Shropshire, Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative, Keynote Address
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| 2:15pm – 3:30pm |
PANEL IV:
Ethics in Sports and Entertainment Law: The Situations That Arise, How They are Handled, and How They Should be Handled
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| 3:45pm – 4:45pm |
PANEL V (split):
- (Sports) Lawyer Agent v. Non-Lawyer Agent
- (Entertainment) Toxic: How the Paparazzi, Drugs, and DUI's are Affecting the Entertainment Industry
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| 5:00pm – 6:00pm |
Cocktail Reception and Closing Remarks |
Speakers*:
- Anthony J. Agnone, Eastern Athletic Services
- Matthew S. Barnett, Partner, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP and Outside Counsel to United States Anti-Doping Agency
- Carl D. Berry, President, Adversary Sports & Entertainment Co.
- John F. Bradley, Managing Member, Bradley & Robinson, P.L.
- Michael L. Buckner, President, Proactive Collegiate Solutions
- Darryl B. Cohen, Partner, Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Whiteman, LLC
- Dennis Curran, General Counsel, National Football League
- Serona Elton, Associate Professor, Department of Music and Media Industry, University of Miami
- Alan K. Fertel, Partner, Ferrell Law, P.A.
- Anthony Hernandez, Senior Associate Athletic Director, University of Miami
- Derek Jackson, General Counsel, Florida Marlins
- Charles Jones, Vice President of Client Services, Wragg & Casas
- D. Marvin Jones, Professor, University of Miami School of Law
- Steven Robert Kozlowski, Kozlowski Law Firm, P.A.
- Joshua Kusnick, Director of Player Personnel, Double Diamond Sports Management
- Ernesto Luciano, yahoo! inc.
- Jeffrey S. Miller, Foster Pepper PLLC
- Ivan J. Parron, Law Offices of Parron & Associates, PL
- Oswaldo Rossi, Director, Legal & Business Affairs, EMI Televisa Music
- James Sammataro, Partner, Silverman Cosgrove & Sammataro
- David B. Schwartz, Vice-President, Business Affairs, DISNEY*ABC Domestic Television
- Jason A. Setchen, Law Offices of Jason A. Setchen, P.A.
- Kenneth L. Shropshire, Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative
- David Andrew Slutsker, Partner, Adorno & Yoss
- Louis Tertocha, General Counsel, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
- Donald L. West, Jr., Of Counsel, Pittman Law Group; Director of Football Operations, Revolution Sports Management
- Richard C. Wolfe, Partner, Wolfe & Goldstein, P.A.
*Subject to Change.