Madison Square Garden Welcomes New GC Amid Ongoing Lawyer Ban

Feb. 6, 2024, 5:13 PM UTC

The owner of iconic New York arena Madison Square Garden, which has a controversial policy of banning entry to lawyers in litigation against billionaire James Dolan’s entertainment properties, is hiring a new legal chief.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. and its sibling, Sphere Entertainment Co., owner of the similarly named new concert venue that opened last year in Las Vegas with a $2.3 billion price tag, have announced that Laura Franco will be their general counsel as of Feb. 20.

Franco is chief legal and compliance officer for Bumble Inc., a dating app company that hired her in late ...

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