It may seem like COVID-19 is a distant memory – we have at-home COVID tests, mask mandates are long gone, and summer get-togethers are in full swing. However, California employers still have a host of regulations with which to comply. How can an employer run an effective and profitable business, and still comply with these requirements?Cal-OSHA’s
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NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE – LAGUNA CHAPTER
Forward Counsel LLP is proud to sponsor the National Charity League – Laguna Chapter’s mission to foster mother-daughter relationships in a philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development, and cultural experiences.NCL-Laguna sponsors approximately 30 philanthropies. This past year its members volunteered approximately 9,000 services hours for the various supported philanthropies.LAGUNA CHAPTER – PHILANTHROPIES2021-2022AgeWell Senior ServicesAlzheimer’s AssociationAmerican Heart AssociationAngel AidBoys…
The NIL Lawyer: Meet the man orchestrating deals reshaping recruiting
The first year of NIL has been perhaps the most turbulent in the history of the NCAA. One of those in the eye of the NIL hurricane is attorney Michael W. Caspino with Forward Counsel in Newport Beach, Calif.Caspino is well-known in the legal community for his work as a first-chair trial attorney in hundreds of cases across the country.…
As NCAA prepares to crack down on booster involvement in NIL, lawyers and sports agents say ‘bring it’
By Stewart Mandel and Nicole AuerbachMay 9, 2022170SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The news coming out of last week’s Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12 spring meetings was the NCAA’s impending attempt to crack down on schools’ boosters using NIL payments to land recruits. New, clearer NIL guidelines drafted by a subcommittee that includes Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and…
A 3-star DT worth $500K, a 4-star WR $1 million: The sticker shock of college football recruiting beyond 2022
In early March, The Athletic reported that a five-star 2023 recruit signed an $8 million NIL deal with a school’s donor collective. While that remains by far the highest known deal to date, other top recruits are reaping the benefits of a rapidly soaring arms race.The Athletic reviewed three recruits’ recently signed NIL contracts, each with a different school-specific collective. The Athletic agreed to preserve the anonymity…
Expect more NIL deals worth over $8 million
Partner, Mike W. Caspino Represents 5 Star High School Athlete in NIL Deal Worth $8 Million. The deal is believed to be the largest NIL by a non-professional athlete.
For more, read The 247Sports article.
Forward Counsel Represents 5 Star High School Athlete in NIL Deal Worth $8 Million
Deal believed to be the largest NIL by a non-professional athleteNEWPORT BEACH, CA –March 14, 2022 – Forward Counsel today announced that it handled the largest name, image and likeness (NIL) deal for a 5 Star high school athlete worth an estimated $8 million even before his senior year in college. According to the athlete’s attorney Michael W. Caspino, the…
Five-star recruit in Class of 2023 signs agreement with collective that could pay him more than $8 million
For more, read The Athletic article.
NFTs Present New Opportunities and Risks in Business and Law
By Kandy Williams, Esq. and Yev Muchnik, Esq.NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are all the rage this year. Beeple’s digital art NFT sold at Christie’s for $69m; DJ and music producer 3LAU sold music NFTs for $11.6m in 24 hours; Grimes made $5.8m in 20 minutes; and, according to Reuters, NFT sales volume for the first half of 2021…
LEAD-OC & WETOGETHER A CALL TO SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
We here at Forward Counsel LLP would like to congratulate LEAD-OC, a non-profit founded by our own Brian Davis, for collaborating with Chinese business leaders to create the “WeTogether” movement and to donate 50,000 surgical masks to UCI Health. Our firm believes in paying it forward, and this is a perfect example. However, more help is still needed to protect…