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Sports, Football, Criminal, Articles, Regulation & Governance

Policing Football in 2026: Surveillance, Proportionality and the Limits of the Law (UK)

The UK’s government's January 2026 white paper, From Local to National: A New Model for Policing, [1] is an ambitious restructuring of policing in England and Wales. For most peop…
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American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Sports, Commercial, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

Sports Lawyer in the Spotlight: Ricky Volante

For this edition of Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight, we interviewed Ricky Volante. As Founder of The Volante Law Firm an…
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Key Cases & Developments, Sports, Articles, Regulation & Governance

Sports Governance – Annual Review 2025/26

Welcome to the Governance chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2025/26. With the recent passing of the 2026 Winter…
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Sports, Football, Corporate, Articles, Regulation & Governance

Slovenia: The Next Port of Call for Football Investment? An Investor’s guide

Slovenian football offers a relatively accessible entry point into European football, where investment costs aren’t wil…
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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

Player Compensation For ‘Just Cause’ Contract Termination: Lessons From QPR v Boavista CAS Case

This article discusses a recent award published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concerning persistent late…
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Cricket, Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Motorsport, Articles, Regulation & Governance

Sports Lawyer in the Spotlight: Nick De Marco KC

For this edition of Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight, we interviewed Nick De Marco KC who is a barrister at Blackstone Ch…
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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

UEFA’s Multi-Club Ownership Rule Before CAS: Decisive Influence in the FC DAC 1904 and Crystal Palace Cases (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a two-part article examining the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) strict application of UEFA's…
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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

UEFA’s Multi-Club Ownership Rule Before CAS: The 1 March Deadline and the Drogheda United Decision (Part 1)

The end of the 2024/25 football season brought challenges for several football clubs forming part of what are known as…
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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

FIFA's Two-Year Limitation Period Under Scrutiny: Lessons from Recent CAS Jurisprudence

This article discusses a recent award published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case CAS 2024/A/11060 X. v…
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Indefinite provisional suspensions and competence under the FFAR: CAS Panel reinstates suspended agent licence in Tullio Tinti v FIFA

The latest case involving the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR)[1] raises the question of how far can FIFA enforce…
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Basketball, Sports, Athlete Welfare, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance, Safeguarding

Safeguarding Complaints and Procedural Fairness: What Sports Bodies Can Learn from Tounkara v FIBA

In a previous article published by LawInSport in 2022[1], our colleague Richard Bush examined the serious allegations o…
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Baseball, Basketball, Anti-Corruption, Sports, Criminal, Dispute Resolution , Gambling, Articles, Regulation & Governance

Over/Under: The Prop Betting Risk to the Integrity of U.S. Sports

The major professional sports leagues in the United States have weathered emerging challenges over many generations.&nb…

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