The Indianapolis Bar Sports and Entertainment section recently hosted The Racing Attorneys Conference. This event is in its 11th year and rotates annually between Indiana and North Carolina. Panels and speakers presented on a wide variety of issues relevant to motorsports and racing including autonomous vehicles, immigration, racetrack facility regulation, driver insights and more.

Take a listen to a recent episode of the "Business of Speed" podcast for a look into the The Racing Attorneys Conference (TRAC) coming up April 9 and 10 in Indianapolis. The podcast features the Sports & Entertainment Law Section's own Wes Zirkle to talk about the conference.

Nine college coaches were among the more than 40 people indicted by prosecutors following an FBI investigation into a college admissions scheme.

Judge Claudia Wilken of the Nothern District of California has held that the NCAA’s grant-in-aid cost of attendance limitations are an impermissible restraint on trade under the Sherman Act.

On March 8, 2019, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken issued an injunction prohibiting the NCAA from enforcing rules that are “overly and unnecessarily restrictive.” In yet another decision, Judge Wilken changed the landscape of the NCCA’s amateurism and compensation rules. 

An adidas executive, a former adidas consultant, and an aspiring sports agent were each sentenced 6-9 months in federal prison for the involvement in the recruiting scandal that was investigated by the FBI. 

Following the scandal involving former Michigan State gymnastics’ Dr. Larry Nassar and the subsequent $500M settlement, Michigan State’s new insurance policy “broadly excludes insurer liability for sexual misconduct.” This has forced the university to consider new insurance options such as creating its own captive insurance policy. 

The Racing Attorney Conference (TRAC), an annual motorsports legal conference planned and presented by the Indianapolis Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association Sports and Entertainment Law Section, returns to Indianapolis on April 9 and 10, 2019.

Hoosiers are one step closer to being able to place legal bets on sporting events. The Indiana Senate approved a comprehensive gambling bill recently by a 38-11 vote.

The NFL no longer has general liability insurance covering head trauma, and only one carrier is willing to provide workers' compensation coverage for NFL teams. This could have a ripple effect across all of football and other sports as well.