Law & Risk

Risky Fitness
Facility operators should consider the limitless opportunities for injury in their club or rec center.

Case Closed
Sports injury lawsuits, particularly at the prep level, frequently are dismissed after depositions.

Protect Yourself
Your organization's fiscal health depends upon your ability to recognize dangers and deal with them.

Age of Dissent
A board of education's permission form did not infringe on a parent's First Amendment rights, a court says.

Baseball's Border Crossers
Arizona's immigration law has left its mark on sports, but how much influence should sports have over lawmaking?

Title IX 101
The landmark law is pushing 40, but how it works (and is working) remains a mystery to many.

Who's the Boss?
In reviewing whether an employment relationship exists, the real issue for the courts is control.

Riding Lesson
A patron's fall off a stationary bike meets a court's support of waiver protection for clubs.

'Oliver' Twist
An NCAA rule intended to protect student-athletes does the opposite, a court says.

What's the Indifference?
A student-athlete's harassment case flounders when she fails to prove administrators ignored her complaints.

Disorder in the Courts
On appeal, an athlete's anorexia is found not to be the result of her coach's verbal abuse.

An Unobstructed View
By siding with wheelchair-using spectators, a court may well influence future ADA litigation.

Student I.D.
Citing inclusivity, administrators are moving ahead with policies for transgender student-athletes.

Move On, Org
An appeals court tells the IHSAA that it overreached in the enforcement of its transfer rules.

Screen Pass
Apathy toward thorough pre-participation heart evaluations leaves some at-risk student-athletes undetected — and others dead.

Minor Details
Strict usage rules at one city's pools are designed to prevent drowning accidents among children.

At Their Own Risk
Participants in organized sports leagues are presumed to fully understand the inherent risks involved.

Setting Screens
Criminals continue to try to coach youth sports, putting children and recreation providers at risk.

Supreme Court Will Review NFL Antitrust Case
The NFL hopes the court will expand its lower-court victory by making all professional sports leagues immune from antitrust laws; "Sports Law" contributor John T. Wolohan offers an opinion about the league’s chances of victory.

Swimsuit Manufacturers to Compete in Court
High-tech swimsuits have resulted in hundreds of new world records and one old-fashioned antitrust lawsuit.

Health Clubs Telling It Like It Oughtn't
B&R Family Fitness Club of Feasterville, Pa., has alleged that the Huntington Valley location of L.A. Fitness is interfering with its prospective business relationships.