Tomorrow: "New Era in Gaming Law" Symposium

The Northern Kentucky Law Review and the W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business and Technology will host "The New Era in Gaming Law" Symposium on Friday, March 20, 2015, at Northern Kentucky Law School. Featuring some of the country's leading gaming law experts, including Sports Law Blog Contributors Ryan Rodenberg and Marc Edelman, this symposium will explore emerging regulatory and legalization issues regarding sports betting, fantasy sports, and online gambling. I will be speaking about the latest developments in the New Jersey sports betting controversy and how the path to legalized sports betting has taken a unpredictable due to the emergence and popularity of daily fantasy sports and the "partial repeal" strategy employed by New Jersey (with the apparent blessing of the Third Circuit and the federal government). The symposium will also include a student scholarship showcase of law review students presenting their student notes on gaming law issues.

The symposium has been approved for 5.5 hours of general CLE credits in Ohio, and is anticipated to e approved for 5.5 hours of general CLE credits in Kentucky and Indiana. Registration is complimentary and includes the anticipated CLE credits, breakfast, lunch, reception, and all published materials.

To register and to learn more about this symposium, click here. You can also register by contacting the symposium administrator, Jeannine Abukhater Lambert, at centers-institutes@nku.edu or by calling her (859) 572-6403. Hope to see you there!

Schedule of Events

George and Ellen Rieveschl Digitorium

9:00 a.m.  WelcomeDean Jeffrey A. Standen, Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Editor-in-Chief Brian Morris, Northern Kentucky Law Review

9:15 a.m. – REGULATING FANTASY SPORTSProfessor Marc Edelman, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York

Attorney Kate Lowenhar-Fisher, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Las Vegas, Nevada

Dean Jeffrey A. Standen, Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law

10:55 a.m. BREAK

11:15 a.m. THE FUTURE AND PROLIFERATION OF GAMINGProfessor I. Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, California

Attorney Daniel Wallach, Becker & Poliakoff, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Attorney Kate Lowenhar-Fisher, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Las Vegas, Nevada

The remainder of the symposium will be in the Student Union Ballroom

1:00 p.m. STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SHOWCASE LUNCHEONJay Wampler, Northern Kentucky Law Review, “Every Time I Call It a Game, You Say It’s a Business. Every Time I Say It’s a Business, You Call It a Game”

Jonah Ottley, Northern Kentucky Law Review, “Fantasy Sports and Gambling: Drawing a Line in the Sand Between Pete Rose’s Gambling and Daily-Play Fantasy Sports” 

2:10 p.m. THE LANDSCAPE OF GAMING REGULATIONS
Professor Walter Champion, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas

Professor Ryan Rodenberg, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

3:30 p.m. ROUNDTABLE

4:30 p.m.  RECEPTION