Program Details
2026-09-29 14:30:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-09-29 14:30:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ESTThis session examines the emerging body of law governing liquidated damages and buyout clause enforcement in college athlete NIL and revenue-share contracts, with particular focus on the University of Georgia’s $390,000 claim against Damon Wilson II and the highly publicized University of Cincinnati v. Sorsby litigation. Attorneys will learn how courts evaluate the enforceability of athlete buyout provisions under traditional two-prong liquidated damages doctrine, how structural challenges—unconscionability, term-sheet ambiguity, choice-of-law conflicts, and employment classification—threaten enforcement, and how to draft and litigate these clauses effectively with an eye toward enforceability. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for counseling schools, agents, and athletes on early termination exposure before, during, and after the transfer portal window.
Robert BolandMike Ingersoll 3:40 pm - 4:40 pm ESTThis session examines how a university or NIL collective can build and prosecute a tortious interference claim against a rival school that tampers with a contracted athlete. Using Wisconsin v. Miami as the blueprint case, attorneys will work through each element of tortious interference as applied to revenue-share agreements, the procedural and jurisdictional obstacles unique to school-versus-school litigation, and the evidentiary challenges created by layered tampering through agents and collectives. Attendees will leave with a practical litigation framework covering jurisdiction, damages theories, discovery strategy, and the NCAA regulatory overlay that runs parallel to civil enforcement.
Michele H. HimstedtRobert Boland is both a leading sports law professor and practitioner. He is an Assistant Professor of Law at Seton Hall University Law School where he helps lead a unique J.D. degree certificate program in Gaming, Hospitality, Entertainment and Sports Law.
Mike Ingersoll is Of Counsel in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Charlotte, North Carolina office, where he litigates complex, high-stakes business disputes for businesses and clients of all sizes and counsels’ clients on name, image, and likeness (NIL) matters. A former college and professional football player, he pairs a litigator’s toolkit with first-hand experience of the pressures athletes face on and off the field.
Michele H. Himstedt is a Senior Associate at Munck Wilson Mandala in Dallas. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation involving high-stakes business disputes and fiduciary relationships, with matters spanning trade secrets, real estate, intellectual property, corporate conflicts, employment discrimination, and NIL and entertainment disputes.
Robert Boland is both a leading sports law professor and practitioner. He is an Assistant Professor of Law at Seton Hall University Law School where he helps lead a unique J.D. degree certificate program in Gaming, Hospitality, Entertainment and Sports Law.
Mike Ingersoll is Of Counsel in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Charlotte, North Carolina office, where he litigates complex, high-stakes business disputes for businesses and clients of all sizes and counsels’ clients on name, image, and likeness (NIL) matters. A former college and professional football player, he pairs a litigator’s toolkit with first-hand experience of the pressures athletes face on and off the field.
Michele H. Himstedt is a Senior Associate at Munck Wilson Mandala in Dallas. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation involving high-stakes business disputes and fiduciary relationships, with matters spanning trade secrets, real estate, intellectual property, corporate conflicts, employment discrimination, and NIL and entertainment disputes.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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