<em>Legally</em> <strong>Speaking</strong>

Read Jim's 2010 Baseball Winter Meetings presentation on ballpark liability, the Anheuser-Busch sponsorship lawsuit and health care reform for teams.

Read Jim's tips on sponsorship and naming rights agreements, presented at the 2010 Minor League Baseball Promotional Seminar.

Read Jim's presentation on ballpark liability, ballpark leases and Minor League Baseball-regulated transactions at the 2009 Baseball Winter Meetings.

Read Jim's 2008 Baseball Winter Meetings presentation on ballpark liability and ADA amendments.

What minor league teams can teach other businesses

Minor League Baseball has been enjoying a solid success story, with regular season attendance topping 41million each year for the last eight years—even through the Great Recession.

How do the ball clubs do it? And what can other businesses learn from them?

Jim Juliano writes in a guest blog post for Crain’s Cleveland Business about two factors behind the success story that can be transferred to other business models.

Read what ball clubs are doing right, in “Minor League Baseball—behind the numbers.”

Juliano appointed to faculty

Jim Juliano has been named an adjunct professor of law at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Juliano recently assisted teaching a course in sports management negotiation strategies as part of the Great Lakes Sports and Entertainment Law Academy, a collaboration between the law schools of Case Western Reserve and Cleveland State University.

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World Sports Law Report posts child abuse article

World Sports Law Report, a monthly journal on sports law and regulations, posted Jim Juliano’s article on child abuse on its blog (“Penn State case: Reporting & preventing child abuse”).The article originally appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Legally Speaking.

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Minnesota news story cites Juliano article

One of Jim Juliano's articles on ballpark liability was cited in a news story about a woman whose jaw was broken by a line drive foul ball at a Minnesota Twins game. As Jim wrote, about half the states adhere to the baseball rule, which holds that a team is not liable for such injuries if it's taken appropriate precautions, as the Twins had done in this case. As long as there are ballparks, ballpark liability will be an issue.

Railing accidents: What can you do?
Jim Juliano - Winter 2012

A tragedy and a near tragedy involving fans and ballpark railings last summer remind us that the excitement of the moment can lead to unfortunate decisions. Within a few days in July, one fan died after reaching for a ball and falling out of the stands at Rangers Ballpark and another was caught just in time as he went over the railing in pursuit of a ball at the Home Run Derby at Chase Field.

As you prepare for Opening Day, consider steps you can take to prevent such incidents this season: