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Columnist, “Sports Are Not Immune To Goofy Suits,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, March 5, 2013.
Contributor, “College Athletes May Have Path to Make Money,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, March 5, 2013.
Contributor, “Top Enforcement Officer of N.C.A.A. Is Ousted,” New York Times, February 18, 2013.
Moderator, “Law in the Sports Industry,” University of Chicago Law School/Booth School of Business, Sports Law Conference, Chicago, IL, February 15, 2013.
Reference, “Appeals Court Denies McAdoo’s Bid for Relief,” Sports Litigation Alert, vol. 10 iss. 2, Februrary 8, 2013.
Columnist, “Wrigley Renovation Faces Legal, Financial Hurdels,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, Februrary 5, 2013.
Panelist, “Current topics in Sports Law,” Duke University School of Law, Third Annual Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium, Durham, NC, January 25, 2013.
Columnist, “NHL Avoids Fight Over Labor, Antitrust Law,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, January 8, 2013.
Speaker, “NFL Concussion Litigation – The Science of Sport,” Perrin Conferences Webinar, January 8, 2013.
Contributor, “Lawyers Cast Doubts on Suit Against NCAA,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 4, 2013.
Contributor, “Old Case Suggests Hard Road for a Governor’s Suit,” New York Times, January 3, 2013.
Appearance, “Developments in Bountygate," The Dave Logan Show, Denver, CO, December 11, 2012 & The Beat of Sports, 740 The Game/WYGM, Orlando, FL, December 12, 2012.
Columnist, “Coaches Must Remain Cognizant of Claims,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, December 4, 2012.
Contributor, “NFL Disability Board Undermines League in Concussion MDL,” Law 360, November 16, 2012.
Columnist, “NHL Sidesteps NLRA but Creates Issues,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, November 6, 2012.
Panelist, “Amateurism,” Collective Bargaining Agreements,” and “Current Topics in Sports Law,” Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Third Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law, Tempe, AZ, October 27, 2012.
Speaker, “Concussion Injury Litigation: An Examination of the Pending, 2012 NFL Concussion Class Action Suit,” DRI Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 26, 2012.
Speaker, “Sports Torts” and “The Current Practice of the Sports Lawyer,” Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, LA, October 23, 2012.
Columnist, “Athletes Score a Win in Ongoing Dispute,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, October 2, 2012.
Columnist, “A Myth of Fairness Exists in Sports World,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, September 4, 2012.
Contributor, “Armstrong Quits Fight on Doping,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 24, 2012.
Contributor, "Duerson suit joins others in pretrial discovery process," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 14, 2012.
Columnist, “Armstrong and USADA Go to Battle,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, August 7, 2012.
Contributor, “Lawyers Express Doubts on NCAA Sanction Process,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, July 24, 2012.
Columnist, “Courts Grapple Over Responsibility,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, July 3, 2012.
Contributor, “Financial Woes All Too Common for Pro Athletes,” Lawyers.com Blog, June 27, 2012.
Featured, "Lawyers send golf balls and clubs to thankful troops," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, June 19, 2012.
Columnist, “Title IX Needs Consideration of Scheduling,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, June 5, 2012.
Contributor, “Sharon Love’s Lawsuit Raises Questions about Coaches’ Responsibilities,” The Baltimore Sun, May 24, 2012.
Speaker, “Sports IP Law 101,” Chicago Bar Association Webinar, May 22, 2012.
Columnist, “Retrial Yields Possible Jury Nullification,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, May 1, 2012.
Author, “Concussions Continue to Permeate the Sporting Landscape,” DRI Today Blog, April 19, 2012.
Speaker, “Sports Products 101,” DRI Product Liability Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 11, 2012.
Author, “Williams’ Words: Audio Affect on Saints Sanctions,” DRI Today Blog, April 10, 2012.
Contributor, "Heavyweight Programs Could Push Cinderella Out of March Madness," Sports Illustrated, April 4, 2012.
Columnist, “Player Must Weigh How to Fight Article,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, April 3, 2012.
Panelist, "Hot Topics in NCAA Athletics: Time for a Change?," Tulane Law School Sports Law Society, New Orleans, LA, March 30, 2012.
Contributor, "Lawyers Consider Criminalizing On-Field Battery," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, March 27, 2012.
Columnist, “Suits Show Products Liability Implications,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, March 6, 2012.
Contributor, “Number of Plaintiffs Swell as Law Firms Seek Out Former NFL Players, for Concussion Litigation,” Sports Litigation Alert, Vol. 9. Iss. 3, February 24, 2012.
Contributor, “West Virginia Finds Way to Leave Big East, Make Money,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, February 21, 2012.
Columnist, “Coach Firings Influence Student-Athletes,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, February 7, 2012.
Author, “Learning to be a Lawyer from a Lawyer: The Benefits of Adjunct Faculty,” DRI Today Blog, January 5, 2012.
Columnist, “NCAA May use Bylaws to Manage Penn State and Syracuse Cases,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 3, 2012.
Author, “Student-Athlete.O - Regulation of Student-Athletes’ Social Media Use: A Guide to Avoiding NCAA Sanctions and Related Litigation,” Mississippi Sports Law Review, vol. 1:1, 2-35, 2012.
Appearance, WGN Radio AM 720, “Legally Speaking,” with host Karen Conti, Chicago, IL, December 25, 2011.
Contributor, "Contracts May Keep NBA Players in China for Remainder of the Season," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, December 13, 2011.
Columnist, "NFL Needs to Change Mentality to Prevent Head Injuries," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, December 6, 2011.
Speaker, "Social Media and Intercollegiate Athletics," The University of Mississippi Sports Law Review 2011 Fall Symposium, Oxford, MS, November 18, 2011.
Panelist, "Amateurism," and Speaker, "Ethical Considerations for the Sports Lawyer," Second Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, November 5, 2011.
Co-author, "Crash for the KHL: Analysis of the Russian Hockey Team Airplane Tragedy and Lessons to be Learned in Sports Organization Risk Management,” Sports Litigation Alert, vol. 8 iss. 20, November 4, 2011.
Columnist,"Lawsuits in the Wake of Race Car Crashes Encounter Legal Tests," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, November 1, 2011.
Appearance, WGN Radio AM 720, "Legally Speaking," with host Karen Conti, Chicago, IL, October 23, 2011.
Columnist, "Athletes Face Some Legal Risks with Social Networking," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, October 4, 2011.
Author, "His Example Challenges Me to Be a Better Person," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, September 9, 2011.
Columnist, "NCAA Meets Hurdles if it Changes the System, Pays Student Athletes," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, September 6, 2011.
Columnist, "Sports' Unions Help Maintain Integrity of Competition," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 2, 2011.
Author, "An Analysis of a Court’s Decision to Deny Injunctive Relief to Michael McAdoo," Sports Litigation Alert, vol. 8, iss. 13, July, 29, 2011.
Author, "The BCS and the Less Restrictive Means Prong: Legality Might Depend on the Circuit," The Business Suit: The DRI's Newsletter of the Commercial Litigation Committee, July 14, 2011.
Columnist, "Challenges Exist in Regulating Use of Drugs in Sports," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, June 28, 2011.
Columnist, "Recent agent-athlete scandals spur regulatory action," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, June 7, 2011.
Reference, "Noah held to standards in uniform player contract," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, May 24, 2011.
Columnist, "The licensing conundrum: If it's in the video game, it might be illegal," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, May 3, 2011.
Featured Attorney, "Leadership Profile," DRI's The Whisper, Volume 7 Issue 4, May 3, 2011.
Speaker, "A Discussion on NCAA Compliance," University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL, April 28, 2011.
Speaker, “Youth Sports in Society,” McDaniel College, Westminster, MD, April 26, 2011.
Speaker, "Privacy Law and Its Impact on Sports," Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA, April 4, 2011.
Speaker, "Compliance and the NCAA," Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA, April 4, 2011.
Columnist, "NFL Players' Decertification: Hail Mary or a Smart Play?" Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Sporting Judgment Column, April 5, 2011.
Panelist, "The Impact of Social Media on the Creative Client," Loyola University School of Law, March 31, 2011.
Reference, "NBA scouts keep eye on Kanter as he sits," Yahoo! Sports, March 16, 2011.
Panelist, "A Rule is a Rule: Compliance in the World of Sports," DePaul Sports Law Symposium, Chicago, IL, March 4, 2011.
Appearance, WGN Radio AM 720, "Legally Speaking," with hosts Greg Adamski and Karen Conti, Chicago, IL, February 6, 2011.
Contributor, "Niche: Midsize firms often offer outside-the-box practices," Chicago Lawyer, February 1, 2011.
Contributor, "Now Playing: After a Highly Publicized Nine-Game Suspension, a Top Frosh Attraction is Finally on the Court," ESPN The Magazine, January 10, 2011.
Contributor, "U of I Law Boot Camp a Real Eye-Opener," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 7, 2011.
Contributor, "Leaving the Locker Room for a Law Firm," The New York Times, November 5, 2010.
Speaker, “Hot Litigation for 2011: Morality Clauses in Sports Contracts,” DRI Annual Meeting, October 22, 2010.
Featured Attorney, "Questions Linger on Recruit’s Eligibility," The New York Times, October 12, 2010.
Author, “Recent Activities are a Hit, with More on Deck,” DRI’s For the Defense magazine, August 2010.
Contributor, “Show me the Sanctions!” More Scandals, the Uniform Athlete Agent Act, and an Institution’s Cause of Action Against Agents and Former Players,” The Sports Commentary’s Best of the Blogroll, July 23, 2010.
Featured Attorney, "Lawyer Works Behind the Scenes at Event," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, July 15, 2010.
Moderator, “Licenses, Monopolies and the NFL: An Examination of the Supreme Court's Decision in American Needle and its Effects in Sports, IP, Antitrust and Labor Law,” DRI Webcast, June 24, 2010.
Author, "American Needle 9 – National Football League 0”: Background and Implications of the Supreme Court’s Unanimous Denial of the NFL’s Attempt at Single Entity Status in Sports Law, Antitrust, IP and Labor Law,” DRI's The Business Suit, Volume 13, Issue 4, June 7, 2010.
Contributor, "Minimum Age Requirements in the NBA & NFL: Legal Folly or Friend for Amateur Athletes?" Sports Litigation Alert, April 23, 2010.
Speaker, “Jurisconsultus Sportiva: Evaluation of the Current Practice of the Sports Lawyer,” University of Illinois College of Law, April 8, 2010.
Panel Moderator, "The Legality and Impact of Age Restrictions in Professional Sports," 14th Annual Fordham Sports Law Symposium, Fordham Law School, New York, NY, March 26, 2010.
Contributor, “Sports Law Attorney Examines the Viability of Disappointing Lawsuits,” Sports Litigation Alert, December 4, 2009.
Speaker, "Disappointment Lawsuits," University of Texas School of Law, November 20, 2009.
Speaker, "Legal Issues for the Amateur Athlete: Multiplied, Benched, and Injured," Loyola University School of Law, February 3, 2009 and October 20, 2009.
Appearances, Good Day Chicago, Tiger Woods' Troubles Associated with His Recent Automobile Accident, December 3, 2009; Suspension of Cubs Outfielder, Milton Bradley, September 23, 2009; Taxi Cab Convictions, August 11, 2009; Ponzi Scheme Associated with Mike North’s Chicago Sports Webio, July 15, 2009; Sammy Sosa Drug Allegations, June 18, 2009.
Contributor, “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Lawyer,” The American Lawyer, September 1, 2009.
Appearance, WGN Radio AM 720 “Legally Speaking” with hosts Karen Conti and Greg Adamski, September 27, 2009.
Featured Attorney, DRI Leadership Spotlight: Commercial Litigation, August 25, 2009.
Author, "Reversal of Fortune: Upstream Contractors’ Victory in Summit is Short-lived," The Critical Path, June 25, 2009.
Reference, "Until It Hurts: America's Obsession With Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids," by Mark Hyman, (Beacon Press, 2009).
Speaker, Loyola Academy's Quo Vadis Program, Wilmette, IL, May 20, 2009.
Author, “Chicago Joins the Metal Bat Debate: As the Windy City Inches Closer to Securing its Bid to Host the 2016 Games, a Closer Examination of such Debates becomes Necessary,” Sports Litigation Alert, April 23, 2009.
Speaker, "Legal Issues for the Amateur Athlete: Multiplied, Benched, and Injured," University of Illinois College of Law, April 16, 2009.
Co-author, "Defending the Stimulus Project: Application of The Spearin Doctrine To Stimulus Package Funded Construction Projects," The Critical Path, April 3, 2009.
Panelist, Loyola's Sports and Entertainment Law Society's Sports Law Career Panel, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, March 24, 2009.
Author, “Despite Oliver Ruling to Allow Legal Counsel for Student Athletes More Reform at NCAA Needed,” University of Pittsburgh School of Law Jurist, February 19, 2009.
Author, "Prep Plus: Evaluating the Motivations for and Effects of Multipliers and other Measures in High School Sports," University of Texas, Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law, Vol. 10, Spring 2009.
Speaker, "Issues in Amateur Sports Law: Disappointment Lawsuits as Viable Causes of Action," Boston College Law School, November 10, 2008.
Contributor, "Illinois Supreme Court Emphasizes Contact Sports Exception in Reversal," Sports Litigation Alert, April 11, 2008.
Author, "Case of St. Ambrose Baseball Player Meets ‘Covered Travel’ Requirements," Sports Litigation Alert, December 2007.
Contributor, "Boston College Makes Plans for Church Land," USA TODAY, December 5, 2007.
Contributor, "‘Disappointment lawsuits’ give athletes another legal option," Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal, October 29, 2007.
Co-author, “Tips for Defending Against a Premises Liability Claim in Illinois Construction Cases,” The Critical Path, September 2007.
Author, "Fix Communications (Could Chicago’s Low Disaster Readiness Score Endanger the Chances for the 2016 Games?)," Crain’s Chicago Business, January 15, 2007.
Contributor, "Athletic Departments Skirt Legal Lines in Dealing with FaceBook, Myspace," Sports Litigation Alert, September 2006.
Contributor, "Athletic Directors Can Prevent Student Athletes from Embracing MySpace, FaceBook," Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics, July 2006.
Author, "Casino in Games Bid?" Crain’s Chicago Business, May 22, 2006.
Author, "The Impact and Implication of U.S. v. Booker: The Sixth Amendment versus Mandatory Sentencing Guidelines," Chicago Bar Association Record, 19 CBA Record 44, February/March 2005.
Author, "Splinters from the Bench: Feasibility of Lawsuits by Athletes Against Coaches and Schools for Lack of Playing Time," University of Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, Spring 4 Va. Sports & Ent. L.J. 174 (2005).
Author, "Surviving Exemption: Should the Church Exemption to ERISA Still Be in Effect?" 11 Elder Law Journal, 395-424, 2003.
Contributor and Guest Host, national Sports Law Blog (2005-current): "Miami Blues: NCAA Suspends Investigation of the U," (1/23/13); "Update on OK State 2011 Plane Crash," (1/21/13); “Penn State Rescue Blues: Initial Read on Corbett's Complaint,” (1/3/13); "NCAA Sends Mixed Signals with New Enforcement Program," (11/2/2012); "Challenges to Penn State Consent Decree: Unlikely to Succeed in Court or Before the NCAA," (8/7/2012); "Penn State: Dispelling the "Due Process" Myth and Perceived Precedential Value Problem," (7/25/2012); "'Tar Heel Tear Down': UNC Sanctions and Implications for the U,"(3/25/2012); "West Virginia and the Big East Break-Up on Valentine’s Day," (2/21/2012); "OSU Deja Vu: Legal Lessons from the OSU Basketball Tragedies," (1/7/2012); "The Cross-Town Classic: ChiSox versus Cubs on Taxes and Renovations,"(1/2/2012); "The Penn State Debate: Are NCAA Sanctions Inevitable?," (11/18/2011); "Bullish on BCS?: Stripping USC and Potential Antitrust Implications for the BCS," (6/18/2011); "Down go the Dodgers: the Stow Suit Deepens the Debacle," (5/31/2011); "Toreros and Black Sox: Point-Shaving in Southern CA Sparks Reflection on the Recurring (Underreported?) Problem of Fixing Games," (4/24/2011); "Division by Multiplication: Illinois Once Again Heats up the Public v. Private Debate in HS Sports," (4/13/2011); "Update on White Sox Kickback Scandal," (2/12/2011); "3 K's for Kickbacks: White Sox are Latest Team with Troubles in Latin America," (11/12/2010); ""That's Some Big Blood": Selig Implements HGH Testing in the Minor League," (7/22/10); "Show me the Sanctions!": More Scandals, the Uniform Athlete Agent Act, and an Institution’s Cause of Action Against Agents and Former Players," (7/20/10); "Cause and Effect Sports Law: Who Dat Style," (1/28/10); "Taxi Cab Convictions?" (8/11/09); "Not a Problem or Not Enough Money to Fund the Program: Florida Ends HS Anabolic Steroids Testing Program," (2/18/09); ""Flyer" Goes Down: Wisconsin Supreme Court Finds Cheerleading to be a Contact Sport," (1/27/09); "Vick Files for Bankruptcy," (7/8/08); "Full Contact: The Illinois Supreme Court Elaborates on the Contact Sports Exception in Karas," (2/25/08); "Sports Mixing With Religion and Politics: Majerus, Abortion, Basketball Arenas, and Tax Abatements," (1/22/08); "Illinois Joins NJ, FL, and TX With High School Drug Testing," (1/15/08); "Making the Best of It: BC’s Bailout of Boston Archdiocese to Benefit Baseball," (12/5/07); "Tank Johnson Will Join the Bears in Miami" (1/23/07); "Is the Homeland Secure Enough for the ‘Games’?" (1/15/07); "From Vikings on Boats to Timberwolves in Cars: More Minnesota Mischief" (7/3/06); "Could Gaming Help Chicago become an "Olympic" Kind of Town?" (5/25/06); "(Un)Leveling the Playing Field: Enrollment Multipliers in High School Sports" (4/8/06); "Down with the Count: Do Weigh-In Procedures Actually Endanger Boxer Safety" (4/5/06); "MLS: Reflections on the League’s Appeal to the Mexican-American Population in Light of the Current Immigration Debate" (4/5/06); "Nospace: Is MySpace Inappropriate for Student Athlete Expression?" (4/3/06); "From Poms to Pain" (1/19/06); "The Former Athlete as Counselor" (1/18/06); and "Could Gaming Help Chicago Become an ‘Olympic’ Kind of Town" (1/16/06).
Citations to Timothy's work can be found in publications including, but not limited to, The American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, Catholic University Law Review, Roger Williams University Law Review, St. John's Law Review, The Journal of Law and Education, The Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, Cornell Pre-Law Journal, Mississippi Law Journal, The Ohio State Law Journal, Villanova Law Review, and Washington University Law Review.