The bill relating to the regulation and protection of access to cultural and digital works adopted by the National Assembly at the end of October 2021 includes new provisions intended to fight more effectively against the illicit retransmission of sports events.

On October 8, 2021, FIFA reminded member associations of their obligation to transpose the provisions on maternity of professional players adopted at the end of 2020. Is the FFF concerned insofar as French law already provides protective conditions for employees?

FIFA presented on September 10, 2021 the rules of procedure and operation of the Football Court. It brings together the existing decision-making bodies of FIFA into a single institution made up of three chambers: the dispute resolution chambers, the status of the player and the agents.

For the Tokyo 2020 Games, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee has established the fundamental principles allowing athletes to exploit their sports images or performances. In France, the implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the French National Olympic Sports Committee.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport refrains from "reviewing decisions taken on the field of play by referees or other officials responsible for applying the rules of the game, unless there is evidence that these rules have been applied. arbitrarily or in bad faith "

During the Tokyo Olympics, Olympic athletes participating in the Games can now, thanks to an amendment to Article 40 of the Olympic Charter, use, under certain conditions, their names, images or sports performances for advertising purposes.

The coach of the Bleuets struggles to obtain the agreement of professional football clubs to release the players selected for the France team for the Olympic Games. What are the regulations and why the provision of players is not compulsory for the Tokyo Olympics?

Each year, the review "Décideurs: Stratégie Finance Droit" publishes its ranking of the best law firms in sports law. In 2021, Cabinet BERTRAND is classified in the "Unmissable" category of Law Firms in Sports Law in France (after having been Excellent for a long time).

In terms of sports practice (training / competition), in the event of an accident or injury, the implementation of the so-called risk acceptance theory may allow the author of the damage to be exempted from his civil liability. . Definition and limit (violation of the rules of the game)?

An anti-doping control carried out in France (national or international athlete) with a positive result leads to a presumption of infringement of anti-doping rules and the opening of a disciplinary procedure before the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) .

LawInSport is an English sports law information site that provides expert analysis and commentary on the latest legal developments in sport. LawInSport also organizes international conferences in which lawyers from Cabinet BERTRAND participate.

If you are a sports agent / intermediary from a country that is not a member of the European Union (EU) or a State party to the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, how to carry on an activity sports agent in France? [Part 2 of the article on sports agents in France]

If you are a sports agent / intermediary from a European Union (EU) member country or from a State party to the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, how to exercise a sports agent activity in France ? Here is a brief non-exhaustive summary of the conditions set by the Law.

According to a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU 6è ch., Dec. 10, 2020, aff. C-774/19), the person playing online poker does not lose the quality of consumer. hours per day who has extensive knowledge and perceives significant gains from this game

The announcement of FC Girondins de Bordeaux of its financial difficulties following the departure from King Street, is an opportunity to recall the sporting consequences, and in particular a demotion, if a football club is the subject of a reorganization procedure or compulsory liquidation.

In 2020, BERTRAND Sports Law Firm was designated the best French Sports Law Firm in France (category Law firms of less than XNUMX lawyers) by the magazine Le Monde du Droit.

The French Football Federation (FFF) has announced that the Comex has taken the decision to stop, due to the current health crisis, all departmental and regional metropolitan amateur competitions for the 2020-2021 season and to pronounce a blank season (no climbs , no descents)

Professional women's handball has just signed the first collective agreement in professional women's sport

On January 1, 2021, the new 2021 World Anti-Doping Code entered into force. Among the important additions we find in particular: the protection of whistleblowers, a new definition of the concept of "in competition" or the addition of circumstances aggravating