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Dissection of New Hampshire's College Athlete Name, Image & Likeness Bill
January 7th, 2020
Contributor: Kevin P. O'Keefe
California’s passage of the Fair Pay to Play Act (SB 206) started a ripple effect of similar bills being proposed around the country even though its effective date is 2023. Democratic Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang have rece…
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Categories: Sports Law
What is the difference between criminal recklessness and negligence?
December 21st, 2019
Contributor: Kevin P. O'Keefe
N.H. Supreme Court Analysis of Criminal Recklessness and Negligence There are four common criminal mental states: purposely, knowingly, recklessly, and negligently. Deciding whether the State has proven the alleged mental state is often more difficul…
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NCAA Takes College Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Fight to D.C.
December 20th, 2019
Contributor: Kevin P. O'Keefe
It appears our November 6 blog post questioning the NCAA’s about face to support name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights after California passed its Fair Pay to Play Act. The previous NCAA Board of Governors’ vote unanimously supported, albeit vag…
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Categories: Sports Law
10 Things to Know About DWI Testing
December 9th, 2019
Contributor: Kevin P. O'Keefe
Your driver’s license cannot be administratively suspended for refusing Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) as it can for refusing a breath or blood test. However, it is important to understand that your consciousness of guilt by refusing any…
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One Year Later: New Hampshire's New 2019 Laws
December 5th, 2019
Contributor: Kevin P. O'Keefe
As we began December 2019 with a New Hampshire snowstorm, let’s examine some of the laws that were new to the Granite state this year. The most pertinent new law to most citizens of the Granite State prohibited slow drivers from the left lane on hi…
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Categories: New Hampshire Criminal Process
Tags: Legislation
Jury Selection: Deselection and an Open Mind
November 12th, 2019
Contributor: Kevin P. O'Keefe
Be a Human: Listen Many attorneys have told me they are intimidated by panel voir dire. I found this interesting because I have seen so many jurors intimidated by overbearing attorneys before the trial even starts. First, the process of panel voir di…
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California's Fair Pay to Play & the NCAA
November 6th, 2019
Contributor: Kevin P. O'Keefe
Categories: Sports Law
The Criminal Process in New Hampshire
October 18th, 2019