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2010 Annual Survey: Recent Developments in Sports Law 667 (2010)

handle is hein.blasports/ansrvds0021 and id is 1 raw text is: 2010 ANNUAL SURVEY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SPORTS LAW INTRODUCTION This survey focuses on sports-related cases that were adjudicated between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010. This survey does not include every sports-related case that was decided in 2010. Instead, the purpose of this survey is to provide summaries of the more interesting cases: those with the most compelling facts, issues, and rulings. As a whole, this survey aims to provide the reader with a solid understanding of the complex development of the sports-related legal issues that continue to arise from year-to-year. To assist the reader, this survey is divided into sections, which are listed in alphabetical order, based on the particular area of law implicated by the primary issue in each case. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Administrative law governs the actions, such as rulemaking and regulatory enforcement, of the administrative agencies of local, state, and federal governments. Although sports law rarely invokes issues of administrative law, the cases below show that these two distinct areas of law can and have had an impact on one another. Lincoln Hockey, LLC v. District of Columbia Dep't of Employment Servs.1 In Lincoln Hockey, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals held that the Columbia Department of Employment Services' (DOES) properly granted James Huscroft's workers' compensation benefits because his employment was localized in the District of Columbia, even though he was injured while playing for the Washington Capitals' minor-league affiliate at the time of his injury. James Huscroft, a former player for the National Hockey League's (NHL) Washington Capitals, was injured while playing in a regular-season game in Canada for the Capitals minor-league affiliate. Huscroft filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits under the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act (WCA), and DOES granted Huscroft temporary partial disability benefits. The Capitals appealed, arguing that DOES erred in both 1. 997 A.2d 713 (D.C. 2010).

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