Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA): Its Impact on Equine Welfare, NYS Racing and Regulation, and on Federal Administrative and Constitutional Law
Enhance your knowledge of Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) and its new federal regulatory framework. Our esteemed panel of presenters represents movers and shakers of Federal and New York State racing and regulation. Learn the structure of the Act, the Authority, their related entities, a pro bono initiative, and the impact on the horseracing industry. Gain insights into the constitutional challenges against HISA in the context of current key administrative law issues. Hear how New York’s racing regulator and the state’s largest thoroughbred racing operator are balancing the new federal regulations and the existing state regulatory framework. Listen to and have the opportunity to ask questions of a panel of presenters as they discuss how the Act has already changed the landscape of racing, what to expect in the future, and how the players are interacting. Incidentally, our presenters present an array of different paths taken by New York-licensed attorneys. This program will interest you if you represent racing clients, oppose or support racing or regulation, practice administrative law, follow or litigate constitutional issues, or focus on animal welfare issues.
- April 18, 2024
- 12:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
- 3.0
- 3.0
- Virtual Participation
- Prof. Lucinda Finley, Moderator, University of Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, NY
- Lisa Lazarus, CEO, Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), Lexington, KY
- Robert Williams, Executive Director, NYS Gaming Commission, Schenectady, NY
- Joi Garner, Executive Vice-President, General Counsel, and Secretary, New York Racing Association (NYRA), Jamaica, NY
Agenda
12:00 p.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Moderator, Fiona S. Farrell, Esq., Vice-Chair Legislative Sub-Committee, NYSBA Committee on Animal Law, Stillwater, NY
12:05 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.
1. Introduction to HISA and Recap of the Past Two Years.
A description of the structure and organizations set up by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, operations since the Act was passed at the end of 2021, and a look at what’s to come.
2. Administrative and Constitutional Law Issues.
Analysis of the administrative and constitutional issues raised by current court challenges to HISA.
1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
1:05 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Break
1:10 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
3. Regulating Racing in NYS with HISA
Examines how New York State opting out of administering HISA regulation has affected New York racing regulation.
4. The New Regulatory Universe
How a legal department complies with a new regulatory universe and operates under two regulators with separate and overlapping authority.
1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
2:10 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
5. Panel Discussion
1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
3:00 p.m.
Adjourn
- Fiona S. Farrell, Esq., Fiona Farrell, Attorney at Law
- Prof. Lucinda Finley, University At Buffalo School of Law
- Joi Garner, New York Racing Association (NYRA)
- Lisa Lazarus, Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA)
- Robert Williams, New York State Gaming Commission
- Webinar
- 0NW81
- Committee on Animals and the Law
- Local and State Government Law Section
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
