Seigfreid Bingham News & Blog
NCAA Suspends Amateurism Policy, Permits Student-Athletes to Receive Compensation for Name, Image, and Likeness
July 1, 2021By Curry Sexton and Greg Whiston
On Wednesday, June 30, the NCAA,
less than 24 hours before various state name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) laws
were to go into effect, adopted an interim policy that temporarily suspended
its amateurism rules […]
Seigfreid Bingham Announces “Empower U” Service to Help Clients Navigate Name, Image and Likeness Rules and Legislation
June 30, 2021Kansas City – Seigfreid Bingham’s Sports and Entertainment Law Group announced on Wednesday a new service aimed at assisting NCAA conferences and/or their member institutions in navigating the rapidly changing rules and […]
NCAA Set to Vote On, Likely Adopt Name, Image, and Likeness Legislation Ahead of Important Date
June 30, 2021By Curry Sexton and Greg Whiston
On Monday, the NCAA Division I Council formally recommended that the NCAA Board of Directors adopt an interim name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) policy during its impending Wednesday meeting. All […]
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Ruling Related to Student-Athlete Compensation
By Curry Sexton and Greg Whiston
On Monday, June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a long-awaited opinion in the case, National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, in which it unanimously affirmed a ruling that struck […]
OSHA Issues COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standards and Updates Voluntary Guidance for Other Industries
June 14, 2021
By: John Vering, Mark Opara John Neyens, Shannon Johnson
On June 10, 2021, OSHA announced that it will release an
Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the health care industry which will take
effect immediately upon publication […]
Hamilton receives Women’s Justice Award – Litigation Practitioner
June 7, 2021Brenda Hamilton, a shareholder and chair of Seigfreid Bingham’s Litigation practice group, has been named a winner of the 23rd Annual Women’s Justice Awards by Missouri Lawyers Media. She received a Litigation Practitioner […]