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Seven Stories to Read in the November Issue of Concussion Litigation Reporter
The latest issue of Concussion Litigation Reporter includes seven articles. Check out the Table of Contents below:
November 2020, Vol. 9, No. 5
Timely reporting on developments and legal strategies at the intersection of sports and concussions—articles that benefit practicing attorneys who may be pursuing a claim or defending a client.
Articles
- Concussion Litigation Roundup – the Year in Review
- How Assisting a Concussed Student Athlete Led to the Dismissal of a Tenured Faculty Member
- Equestrian International Governing Body Fédération Équestre Internationale Mandates Protective Headgear
- Moore v. Katin-Borland: Venue Transferred in Legal Malpractice Case involving Concussion
- FIFA’s Concussion Expert Group Recommends Experimenting with Changes to Substitution Policy
- NAU Researchers Publish New Report, Recommendations to Increase Concussion Disclosure in Athletics
- NCAA Publishes Frequently Asked Questions About 2020-21 Concussion Management Updates
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Table of Contents from the February Issue of Concussion Litigation Reporter
February 2020, Vol. 8, No. 8
Timely reporting on developments and legal strategies at the intersection of sports and concussions—articles that benefit practicing attorneys who may be pursuing a claim or defending a client.
Table of Contents
- Paramount Pictures Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Brought by Family of Ex-Football Player Who Died After Suffering Multiple Concussions
- School District Plans to Make Youth Football League’s Use of Facilities Conditioned on Easing Away from Tackle Football
- Why is the Scottish FA banning children from heading footballs?
- Images of the Brain Can Be Used to Tell Lies
- Expert Shopping Steals the Headlines in the Concussion Litigation Arena
- Concussion Legacy Foundation’s Nowinski Gets Active on Social on Eve of Super Bowl
- Congressmen Introduce Bill to Improve Student Athlete Concussion Safety
- Indiana-based School Corporation Adds Extra Layer of Concussion Insurance
- Upcoming Concussion Conference Tackles a ‘New Understanding’ about CTE
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Fourth Annual NCAA-DoD Grand Alliance Concussion Conference Set for April 23
The NCAA Sport Science Institute, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, the Atlantic Coast Conference and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, will host the Fourth Annual Department of Defense Grand Alliance Concussion Conference: A New Era of Scientific Collaboration on Thursday, April 23, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time at the Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The conference, designed for athletic trainers, team physicians, sports medicine clinicians and athletic health care administrators from NCAA member schools and other key stakeholders in sport-related concussion will build on the 2017-19 NCAA-DoD Grand Alliance Concussion Conferences. During this conference, concussion experts and researchers will share preliminary and recently publicized information from the NCAA-DoD Grand Alliance, the largest concussion study and educational grand challenge ever conducted.
Previous Conferences:
- Researchers shared preliminary findings from the largest-ever study of concussion in sport at the first annual sport-related concussion conference hosted by the Pac-12 Conference at the University of California, Los Angeles. Read more about the event.
- The Second Annual NCAA-U.S. Department of Defense Grand Alliance Concussion Conference was held on Friday, Apr. 20, 2018 at Eisenhower Hall on the USMA campus in West Point, NY. Download the conference syllabus.
- The Third Annual NCAA-U.S. Department of Defense Grand Alliance Concussion Conferencewas held on Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2019 at the Discovery Building on the campus of University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Download the conference syllabus.
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