Assist the EVP/Chief Legal Officer in oversight of all legal issues and matters for Pacers Sports & Entertainment and its affiliated entities (Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Pacers Gaming, Pacers Foundation, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and NBA All-Star 2024). Primary focus on marketing and advertising law, data security and privacy-related issues, intellectual property, and general transactional work. Responsibilities include:-Draft and negotiate complex… Show more Assist the EVP/Chief Legal Officer in oversight of all legal issues and matters for Pacers Sports & Entertainment and its affiliated entities (Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Pacers Gaming, Pacers Foundation, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and NBA All-Star 2024). Primary focus on marketing and advertising law, data security and privacy-related issues, intellectual property, and general transactional work. Responsibilities include:-Draft and negotiate complex agreements, with focus on SAAS, advertising agency, sponsorship, marketing, data processing, ad tech, and other vendor agreements.-Manage all internal and co-sponsored sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions, including drafting rules and disclosures and providing legal advice relating to promotions.-Establish and conduct training for marketing team on right of publicity law, sweepstakes, contests, influencer marketing and NBA-specific regulations.-Manage rights clearance on advertising campaigns and ensure compliance with advertising law, intellectual property law, company guidelines, and NBA rules in such campaigns.-Advise on applicable consumer protection laws and regulations, including FTC and advertising industry policy, CAN-SPAM, TCPA and COPPA.-Advise on applicable data privacy laws and regulations, and manage company privacy policy and digital terms of use.-Manage CRM-related issues, including contract negotiations and third-party product add-ons.-Create and negotiate work for hire agreements, location releases, and footage licenses.-Co-point person for Pacers Sports & Entertainment as partner in the Techstars Sports Accelerator Powered by Indy.-Provide legal support to the business in other substantive areas of law as needed. Show less

Provide legal support on promotional marketing matters, including sweepstakes and contest official rules, data privacy, and digital/social media guidelines. Manage intellectual property issues relating to right of publicity, trademark licensing and copyright matters. Draft sponsorship agreements and negotiate variety of commercial contracts with primary focus on technology licensing and software-as-a-service agreements.

Drafted sweepstakes and contest official rules and ensured compliance with applicable social media platforms' terms of use. Created work-for-hire, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements. Researched legal issues and prepared memos on various matters affecting Pacers Sports & Entertainment.

Researched previous decisions by the NCAA Enforcement Department and enforced appropriate sanctions on member institutions for secondary violations. Summarized interviews and edited interview transcripts. Prepared and updated athlete databases for men's basketball.