6/03/2019
Spain’s National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) investigates whether national TV channels Atresmedia and Mediaset exceeded the limits on the amount of time for broadcasting LaLiga football summaries. The fines for such an infringement range between 100,001 euros and 500,000. CNMC press release
2 & 9/04/2019
This year too, our lawyer José Páez sat as arbitrator in the Moot Madrid UC3M and also in the DLA Piper Global Vis Pre-Moot.
20/03/2019
Our lawyer Santiago Nebot sat in the panel discussing conflicts of powers between the Spanish FA and LaLiga. Vth Real BetisSports Law Conference
19/03/2019
In addition to the usual reviews of the developments in sports law matters and sports law jurisprudence of the last month, a presentation was devoted to the most recent Spanish administrative decisions on international tax matters affecting sportsmen and women. Furthermore, we looked at the rules governing the Spanish public aid system, which less popular [...]
14/03/2019
On March 14 we attended the presentation organized by the ICC YAF and the CEA-40 (Spanish Arbitration Club under 40) "Ten shots on confidentiality in commercial arbitration: interview with institution, counsel and client", in which the discussion on confidentiality revolved around the new rulesof the Court of International Arbitration of the ICC, on the preferences of [...]
5/03/2019
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2/03/2019
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has held its 133rd Annual General Meeting, where the focus has been on fine-tuning the Laws for the benefit of the game as well as an assessment of the use of Video Assistant Referees (VARs). Read the IFAB press release
26/02/2019
The Spanish FA claims it is responsible for marketing the rights, while the Association of Women’s Football Clubs (ACFF) is arguing that it is eligible to do so on behalf of the clubs. The two bodies have exchanged strongly-worded statements after it emerged that the ACFF had issued a tender document concerning broadcast rights to [...]
26/02/2019
The Court holds that the Commission has not shown to the requisite legal standard that the measure at issue conferred an advantage on its beneficiaries. Read the ECJ's press release
22/02/2019
Chelsea FC has been found to have breached Article 19 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) in the case of 29 minor players and to have committed several other infringements relating to registration requirements for players. The club also breached Article 18bis RSTP in connection with two agreements it concluded [...]
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