
By David Dodge
- Oct 19, 2021
Feds Allege 18 Former NBA Players Defrauded League’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan
As widely reported in the media recently, 18 former NBA players and a spouse of one of them were criminally charged on October 7 by...

By David Dodge
- Jun 7, 2021
Compliance Programs are Starting to Take Root Within MLB
In the wake of a months-long investigation by Major League Baseball (MLB) of allegations of sexual harassment against Los Angeles Angels’...

By David Dodge
- Jan 11, 2021
A New Era of Regulations and Compliance Lies Ahead for Horse Racing
While horse racing in the U.S. has historically been regulated by the states, the recent passage by Congress of the Horseracing Integrity...

By David Dodge
- May 22, 2020
Safety First for Officials as Sports Reopen
While sports officials have not been formally designated “essential workers” during the COVID-19 pandemic, they certainly remain...

By David Dodge
- May 8, 2020
Compliance Challenges for Sports in the Coronavirus Era
No country in the world has the array of sports available to the public as does the United States. Whether one is an actual participant...

By David Dodge
- Dec 17, 2019
NHL Taking Steps to Combat Abusive Behavior
Following a recent meeting of the National Hockey League (NHL) Board of Governors, League Commissioner Gary Bettman announced new steps...

By David Dodge
- Oct 19, 2019
Private Foundations Also Need Compliance and Ethics Programs
According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, there are more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations registered in the U.S....

by David Dodge
- Mar 31, 2018
New NBA Hotline. A Good Start With A Few Questions
NBA Commissioner, Adam Silver, announced last month that the league was setting up a confidential hotline for league and team employees...

by David Dodge
- Mar 19, 2018
NBA Team Takes Big First Step Amid Turmoil
Following an explosive story in Sports Illustrated (SI) about the corrosive culture of the Dallas Mavericks front office, the Mavs...

by David Dodge
- Sep 8, 2017
Another Morality Tale for Compliance Officers
Jack Ewing’s recently published book titled Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal chronicles the decline and fall of...