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Our 2015 Symposium on Sports and Entertainment Law was held on Thursday, March 26, 2015. Panels included:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Keynote Address: Shawn Holley<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shawn Holley is a partner at Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP. She is one of Hollywood’s preeminent defense attorneys, rising to prominence first as a member of Johnnie\u00a0Cochran’s defense team representing O.J. Simpson. Since then, Ms. Holley has represented celebrity clients including Kanye West, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, the Kardashian sisters, Amanda Bynes, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, and Tupac Shakur.<\/p>\n

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Player Conduct in the NFL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Representatives on all sides of the National Football League player conduct conversation will gather to\u00a0discuss past instances of discipline, the new player conduct policy, and which player discipline\u00a0issues might be discussed in the next collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n

Ben Block<\/strong>, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP (outside counsel to the NFL)
\nPeter Ginsberg<\/strong>, Managing Partner, Peter R. Ginsberg Law (counsel to players, including Ray Rice)
\nHeather McPhee<\/strong>, Associate GC, NFL Players Association
\nMike McCann<\/strong> (Moderator), Professor of Law, Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at University of New Hampshire School of Law<\/p>\n

The Future of Content Delivery<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

An examination of\u00a0the rise of new content delivery systems. This panel\u00a0will analyze\u00a0the legal and business issues presented by such\u00a0systems and will attempt to anticipate the related Intellectual Property issues\u00a0that may arise\u00a0in the future.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Borden<\/strong>, SVP, Associate GC & Co-Head of IP, CBS
\nKevan Choset<\/strong>, Legal Counsel, Spotify
\nJulian Petty<\/strong>, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
\nBradley Silver<\/strong>, Assistant GC & Chief Copyright Counsel, Time Warner
\nBryan Tallevi<\/strong>, Senior Counsel & Executive Director, NBCUniversal
\nChris Bavitz<\/strong> (Moderator), Managing Director, HLS Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society<\/p>\n

Life After Law: Tackling the Transition &\u00a0Climbing the Ladder<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A frank conversation with sports and entertainment leaders who were trained as lawyers but whose roles are no longer strictly legal. Topics will include their career paths, ways to carve out non-legal job responsibilities while in a legal role, and the value of a\u00a0law degree.<\/p>\n

Jody Mooradian<\/strong>, Senior Associate Athletic Director & Senior Women’s Administrator, Boston College
\nBob Simmelkjaer<\/strong>, SVP, NBC Sports
\nMike Zarren<\/strong>, General Manager & Team Counsel, Boston Celtics
\nSteve McKelvey<\/strong> (Moderator), MS Program Director & Associate Professor of Sports Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/p>\n

For more information, please email us at csel@mail.law.harvard.edu.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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