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The International Triathlon Union is the first IF to partner with the CAS Anti-Doping Agency

15/03/2019

International Triathlon Union press release

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Sport law

No change to Russian status in IAAF council meeting

11/03/2019

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) upholds the suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation on the basis that two key issues remain outstanding for reinstatement. IAAF press release

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Sport law

Spain’s National Competition Authority investigates national TV channels for exceeding broadcasting time for LaLiga football summaries

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

José Carlos Páez

EU Law and competition

Moot Madrid UC3M and DLA Piper Global Vis Pre-Moot: we very much enjoyed sitting as arbitrator

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.

Nebot & Páez and its lawyers

José Carlos Páez

Arbitration

International contracts

We spoke at the Vth Sports Law Conference organized by Spanish football club Real Betis

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

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Santiago Nebot Rodrigo

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Sport law

We have attended the seventh session of the 2018/2019 LaLiga Conferences on Sports Law, in LaLiga headquarters in Madrid

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 [...]

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José Carlos Páez

Sport&MusicLaw

Sport law

Panel organized by ICC YAF and the Spanish Arbitration Club under 40 on confidentiality in commercial arbitration

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 [...]

Nebot & Páez and its lawyers

José Carlos Páez

Arbitration

International contracts

EU Law and competition

The february 2019 issue of our Sports & Music Law Newsletter on sports law is now available

5/03/2019

You can read our february 2019 Sport & Music Law Newsletter HERE. If you prefer to receive it every month directly in your inbox, then please send us an email to info@paez.mislatadigital.com indicating in the subject field or in the body of the email “SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER”.

José Carlos Páez

Santiago Nebot Rodrigo

The International Football Association Board approves changes to the Laws of the Game

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

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Sport law

Spanish FA engaged in dispute over TV rights for women’s football first-tier competition

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 [...]

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