Following a pandemic-shortened 2020 regular season, Major League Baseball faces an uncertain economic future coupled with long-lasting labor issues. There have also been significant changes to the structure of Minor League Baseball, including the disaffiliation of some 40 minor league teams and elimination of certain minor leagues. Joining the Cardozo Sports Law Society to discuss all of these issues, and the future of both MLB and MiLB, are Chuck Greenberg and Jamey Newberg. Mr. Greenberg is a lawyer and businessman who is the chairman and founder of Greenberg Sports Group, which owns the minor league State College Spikes, Frisco RoughRiders and Myrtle Beach Pelicans. He is also a former managing partner and CEO of the Texas Rangers. Mr. Newberg is a lawyer, sportswriter and professor who covers the Texas Rangers for The Athletic and is an adjunct professor in Southern Methodist University's Sports Management MBA program. We are very excited to have Mr. Newberg and Mr. Greenberg speak with us about the current state and future of professional baseball, drawing on their incredible experience in law, journalism, business, academia and team ownership.

A Conversation with Zac Posen and Vanessa Friedman Join the FAME Center and the Cardozo Fashion Law Society for a conversation with designer Zac Posen and Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic of The New York Times, about Mr. Posen's fashion journey, the future of the fashion industry, and discovering his love for cooking. This event is co-sponsored by Loza & Loza LLP and the Cardozo Retail & Luxury Alumni Practice Group. The Zoom link will be sent out to those registered via Eventbrite on the day of the event. The email will be sent from the Cardozo Fashion Law Society Eventbrite account. Please check your inbox and spam for the email. If you are having trouble accessing the event, please email cardozofashionlawsociety@gmail.com. 

How does the world imprison? Since the American approach to incarceration has come under intense scrutiny in recent years, considerations of international approaches have been neglected as a source of inspiration and direction. Baz Dreisinger is one of the few researchers who have realized the potential for change in adopting a comparative international framework, to change the way we view prisons and to step away from the Americentric model of criminal justice reform. She will be holding an informal Q&A to talk about her research and what she thinks about how we can use failures and successes from different existing models to enact meaningful changes to our system that will pave the way for abolition.

Emerging blockchain-based financial applications and services are growing at a rapid pace. This movement—often referred to as “decentralized finance” or “DeFi”—has exploded over the past year with over $50B in assets currently being locked, deployed, or otherwise interacting with these new (often automated) financial protocols. Cardozo’s latest Tech Talk will explore the legal and regulatory challenges with DeFi and outline how these applications fit within existing regulatory regimes.

This event is co-sponsored by the Heyman Center on Corporate Law and Governance, the Cardozo Tech Talk Series, and Cardozo Alumni in Compliance and Financial Services.

The Cardozo Health Law Society invites you to join us for a panel discussion with health law professionals on how the COVID-19 response has impacted their work.