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Interviewed by ParisTurf a few days after the entry into force of the new regulation on the use of the whip in trotting, Maître Jean-Jacques BERTRAND had the opportunity to return to the legal issues linked to this reform in horse racing.

In 2025, for its second participation in the Trophées du Droit ceremony organized by Décideurs Juridiques and Leaders League magazines, Cabinet Bertrand was awarded the Trophée d'Or prize for the best law firm in Sports Law.

The CJEU challenges the FIFA transfer system in the Diarra case. The judgment of 4 October 2024 finds that certain rules are contrary to the free movement of workers and competition in Europe. This decision will necessarily lead to an evolution of European professional football.

Interviewed by Le Figaro, Maître Jean-Jacques BERTRAND discusses the tax treatment of Olympic bonuses received by French athletes during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Analysis of the crucial role of the CAS ad-hoc and anti-doping Chambers at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: exclusive jurisdiction based on the Olympic Charter and contracts, accelerated arbitration procedures, issues of awards in matters of eligibility and doping

Decree No. 2024-821 of July 15, 2024 modifies the conciliation procedure before the CNOSF, a mandatory prerequisite before any sporting dispute. Composition of the Conference of Conciliators, rules of procedure, transparency: the main developments analyzed by our firm.

According to the conclusions of the Advocate General of the CJEU in the Diarra case, the FIFA rules on transfers violate free movement, competition and professional freedom. If these conclusions were to be followed by the Court, it could lead to a reform of the FIFA RSTJ.

Every year, the magazine Le Monde du Droit reveals the results of its Palmarès du Droit. In 2024, the BERTRAND Firm is once again the best in the Sports Law Category (Firms with fewer than ten lawyers).

The CAS reduces the suspension of Simona Halep from 4 years to 9 months for involuntary doping. The former world No. 1 proved that her positive test for Roxadustat during the 2022 US Open was due to contamination of a dietary supplement. She can return to competition immediately.

In 2024, for its first participation in the Trophées du Droit ceremony organized by the magazines Décideurs Juridiques and Leaders League, Cabinet Bertrand was awarded the Trophée d'Or prize for the best law firm in Sports Law.

For FIFA and the CAS, a national football federation cannot terminate, on the grounds of non-achievement of a sporting objective, unilaterally and in advance the employment contract of the selector or assistant coach of the national team without payment. compensation.

For the CJEU, the rules of UEFA, FIFA and ISU on the prior approval of sports competitions are contrary to European competition law. Arbitration bodies in sports matters must be able to be subject to effective judicial control (via a preliminary question)

Me Jean-Jacques BERTRAND, lawyer in sports law, interviewed by BFM TV then by RMC Sport on the question of the ban on travel of football supporters until December 18, 2023

Décideurs TV invited Maître Jean-Jacques BERTRAND to speak in the Lex Inside program on the subject of the status of volunteers at sporting events

On the occasion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, more than 45 volunteers are expected in the capital during the summer of 000. This is an opportunity to recall the status of sports volunteers, their legal definition and the conditions commitment to responsibility

Interviewed by SoFoot, Maître Jean-Jacques BERTRAND discusses the dispute between Kylian Mbappé and Paris Saint-Germain. This is an opportunity to recall the sporting, legal and judicial implications on the subject of dismissals of professional football players by their clubs.

If food supplements are not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of prohibited products (transposed into the Sports Code), athletes must remain vigilant because of the risk of contamination with prohibited products.

The Court of Cassation rejects the appeal of the Council of the Bar Association of Paris and confirms the cancellation of the article of the internal regulations of the Paris Bar which had authorized in 2020 lawyers to exercise the activity of intermediation sports, without a sports agent license.

The DNCG Appeals Committee confirmed the decision taken by the Professional Clubs Control Committee which pronounced the administrative demotion of the Girondins de Bordeaux to National 1 (financial difficulties). What are the means of appeal to challenge this decision?

The law aimed at democratizing sport in France was adopted by the National Assembly on February 24, 2022. The text allows professional leagues to create a commercial company for the management and marketing of the rights to exploit the sporting events they organize