Category: Organization

The Full Federal Court of Australia recently dismissed an appeal brought by the Australian Olympic Committee against a first instance decision of Wigney J that Telstra’s 2016 “Go to Rio” advertising campaign did not contravene the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987 or the Australian Consumer Law: Australian Olympic Committee Inc v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2017] FCAFC 165. Read Lexology

Brown University said it has launched an investigation into alleged hazing on the men’s varsity swimming and diving team at the Ivy League school, after a probe by its student newspaper. The Brown Daily Herald reported that it reviewed text messages, emails, photos and recordings of conversations among team members, who described Oct. 7 as…

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Rutgers University has fired its women’s swimming and diving coach amid mental and verbal abuse allegations. Petra Martin’s dismissal came Thursday after athletics director Patrick Hobbs met with the team on Wednesday. “[T]he coach and the Director of Athletics mutually agreed that it was in the best interest of the program for the coach to…

The U.N. General Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted an Olympics resolution that includes a gay-inclusive reference to discrimination. The “Olympic Truce Resolution” that calls for peace around the world around the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, specifically refers to the Olympic Charter’s nondiscrimination clause, which is known as Principle 6. Egypt and Russia…

High School is not always an easy time when you are different from the other kids, but the Hillsboro High School Swim Team is embracing students with special needs.