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2017 Annual Survey: Recent Developments in Sports Law 553 (2017)

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SURVEY


          2017 ANNUAL SURVEY: RECENT
          DEVELOPMENTS IN SPORTS LAW



                            INTRODUCTION

    This survey highlights sports-related cases decided by courts between
January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. While every sports-related case may
not be included in this survey, it briefly summarizes a wide range of cases that
impacted the sports industry in 2017. The survey intends to provide the reader
insight into the important legal issues affecting the sports industry and to
highlight the most recent developments in sports law. To better assist the reader,
this survey is arranged alphabetically by the substantive area of law of each
case.


                   ALTERNATIVE DIsPuTE RESOLUTION

    Alternative dispute resolution involves an alternate form of adjudicating
cases. Parties may choose to settle a dispute through arbitration instead of
through the court system. These cases arose over contract disputes, in which
the contracts involved an arbitration clause. If a party brings a dispute to court
when the contract contains an arbitration clause, the opposing party may file a
motion to compel arbitration. Other arbitration disputes arise over unfair
arbitration decisions.

                             Dye v. Sexton'

    Plaintiff and Defendant were both sports agents, individually operating two
competing sports agencies, until a merger agreement was reached in 2010.
Here, Plaintiff brings claims for breach of contract under Georgia law, for unjust
enrichment through use of Plaintiff s confidential information to secure players
from the National Football League (NFL), and for violations of the Georgia


1. No. 1:16-CV-00035-LMM, 2017 WL 7615571 (N.D. Ga. Dec. 13, 2017).

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