Event Description
In an era of billionaire team owners and global investment
funds, a small group of Minnesotans wanted to do something different and, in
launching the first community owned women’s soccer team in the United States,
raised $1 million from over 3,000 community owners nationwide and built a
title-contending pre-professional women’s soccer team just 18 months. Seeking to
ingrain a set of positive and inclusive values in a new model of community-owned
sports, Minnesota Aurora’s co-founders have regularly pushed against
conventional norms in sports and business and sought to identify new ways of
doing things. This CLE will discuss the various corporate, intellectual
property, employment, and franchise issues that Minnesota Aurora has had to
navigate in its less than two years in existence and discuss how some of the
"alternative approaches" the club has taken in its development have become some
of its greatest strengths, both on and off the field
Speaker:
Matthew W. Bergeron is a shareholder and member
of Larkin Hoffman’s government relations and health law groups. In his
legislative practice, Matthew advises a variety of clients through the process
of developing, drafting, and promoting their legislative agendas and supports
their ongoing cultivation of relationships with legislators, agency staff and
the governor’s office. Outside of the Capitol, Matthew’s legal practice centers
on representing Medicaid providers, including community clinics, behavioral
health, disability services providers, and long-term care facilities on issues
related to licensing, reimbursement, and regulatory compliance. Matthew is also one
of the nine co-founders and currently serves as general counsel of
Minnesota Aurora, F.C., a pre-professional women’s soccer team competing in the
USL’s W-League which raised $1 million from over 3,000 community owners via
a Regulation
C.F. offering.
CLE Credits:
1.00 Standard CLE Credit | 478564
Cost:
Sports Art and Entertainment Section Members: Free
MSBA Member
not in the Section: $15
Non-MSBA Member: $45
Law
Student: FREE
Deadline to register: January
17th
Payments: We
request that you register online or over the phone by credit card whenever
possible. If you need assistance, please contact the program manager.
If you must pay by check, please usethis
registration form
.
Cancellations: Need to cancel? Please see our cancellation
policy .
Accommodations: The MSBA is committed to
creating an inclusive environment in which all members can participate fully. If
you need reasonable accommodations to participate in this event, please notify
the program manager. Please provide notification at least 72 hours prior
to the meeting to allow sufficient time to make arrangements for accommodations.
Thank you.
Program Manager:
Analise Stock, astock@mnbars.org ,
612-278-6353