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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 30, 2016

Rise in stadium deals have sports team counsel leaning on outside firms

In California, stadium builds and team relocations surfaced as lucrative opportunities for attorneys to work with in-house legal departments of sports franchises.

By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Los Angeles sports market played a key role in Bryan B. Bitzer's decision to attend the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. At the time, the St. Louis Rams had just signed a deal to become the LA Rams, triggering a deluge of negotiations and opportunities for legal advice.

"They moved a lot of stuff to get them out there," Bitzer recalled. "I ...

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