Insights
Service fee caps and licensing duties in the reformed agent framework have been tested in national courts and in arbitration with consequences for how mandates are drafted today.
Under constructionEuropean rulings on prior-authorisation rules have pushed federations to publish transparent, reviewable criteria for sanctioning events.
Under constructionA run of decisions on low-level findings and contaminated products has sharpened what an athlete must actually establish to reduce or eliminate a sanction.
Under constructionFederation eligibility criteria continue to be challenged on proportionality and evidentiary grounds with reasoning that travels well beyond the sport at issue.
Under constructionWhereabouts systems, biometric monitoring and integrity databases raise data protection obligations that federations are only now formalising.
Under constructionThe narrow grounds for setting aside an award remain narrow — which is why the case is won on the record built before the panel, not after it.
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