Sports Economics Case List
A list of all the sports economics cases where I have offered expert services. Sorry I'm not a lawyer so the case number descriptions are not here.
Antitrust
- Axxin, Veltrop & Harkrider, NY, NY. DOJ merger and acquisition investigation of MMA promoter.
- Harness, Dickey & Pierce, St. Louis, MO. Impacts of granting MLBAM exclusive licensing rights to player names and statistics. Deposition.
- U.S.
Senate, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Washington, D.C. Competitive
balance in Major League Baseball. Testimony
in the U.S. Congressional Record.
- Heller
Ehrman White McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA and McCutcheon Doyle
Brown and Enersen, San Francisco, CA. Antitrust action against
ABC and the Pacific10 conference (and others) on college football broadcast
rights.
Stadiums and Leases
- Palace Sports & Entertainment, Detroit, MI. Issues concerning alternative arena construction.
- Murray
and Murray, Sandusky OH and Breit Bosch Levin & Coppola,
Denver, CO. Class action suit claims an NFL team violated its lease clause
on reasonable ticket pricing. Deposition.
My opinion was read into the law of the case.
- Wulfsberg
Reese Ferris Franks, Oakland, CA. A lease/damages dispute brought
against the Oakland Alameda County Stadium Authority by the owners of the
MLB Athletics.
- Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, Seattle, WA. Compensation over loss of location due to the construction of Safeco Field.
- Washington
State Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA. Seahawk stadium issues.
- Danielson
Harrigan & Tollefson, Seattle, WA. Injunction against Seahawks
breaking their lease. Written affidavit
in aid of injunction.
- The Sun-Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Review of economic impacts of proposed Blockbuster Multi-Media/Sports complex.
Valuation Issues
- Baker and McKenzie, Chicago, IL. Estimating separate appearance and image values for tax purposes for a professional golfer. U.S. Tax Court Expert Testimony.
- City of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. Valuation of loss to a minor baseball league. Deposition.
- Debevoise & Plimpton, NY, NY. Valuation of regional cable TV rights value for an NBA team.
- Ball and Scott, Knoxville, TN. Class action; value of likeness usage to FBS and Division I athletes at universities in Tennessee. Deposition.
- Martin Clearwater & Bell, New York, NY. Valuation of a tennis magazine publishing business.
- SFX,
New York, NY. Estimating the value of a licensed
sport management business name.
- Schwabe
Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, OR. Territory dispute between an A
Rookie League and a AAA team. Deposition.
Testimony before arbitration panel (George
Nicolau, presiding).
Wrongful Death and Loss of
Earnings
- Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Personal injury; Loss of earnings capacity for a professional heavyweight boxer. Deposition.
- Snow,
Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, UT. Personal injury;
Loss of earnings capacity for Nordic Combined Olympic athlete.
- Robb
& Robb, Kansas City, MO. Wrongful death claim involving a
professional football player.
- Anderson
and Associates, St. Louis, MO. Personal injury; Loss of earnings
capacity for a 5th round draft pick.
- Robb
& Robb, Kansas City, MO. Wrongful death claim against a
professional wrestling federation.
General
- Kensington Swan, Wellington, New Zealand. Impacts on New Zealand Rugby Union of proposed salary cap. Written opinion in the NZ Competition Commission record.
- Senator Arlen Specter, Washington, DC. Assessment of letter of response by Commissioner Bud Selig.
- Major
League Bull Riding, Boise, ID. League economic design issues from
the ground up, including the structure of the firm, league relations with
owners, evaluation of value of franchises, and labor relations.