July 14, 2015
A California magistrate judge on Monday awarded class attorneys in a case over allegations of antitrust violations and the improper use of a class of student athletes' likenesses over $44 million in fees, rejecting the majority of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's objections.
July 06, 2015
Plaintiffs in a case over allegations of antitrust violations and the improper use of a class of student athletes' likenesses have blasted objections to two settlements totaling $60 million reached with Electronic Arts Inc. and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, saying the objectors fundamentally misunderstand the settlement terms.
May 07, 2015
A former NBA player in a letter filed Wednesday objected to lawyers collecting 33 percent in fees from a $40 million settlement a class of student-athletes reached with Electronic Arts Inc. and the Collegiate Licensing Co. over allegations of antitrust violations and the improper use of the athletes' likenesses.
April 28, 2015
Attorneys for two factions of the former college athletes who won $60 million in settlements from the National Collegiate Athletics Association and Electronic Arts Inc. for improperly using their likenesses in video games attacked each other's plans for slicing up attorneys fees Monday, pitting counsel in the publicity-rights case against their antitrust counterparts.
April 14, 2015
Counsel for athletes who settled with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Electronic Arts Inc. asked a California federal judge on Monday to approve $14 million in fees from a $60 million settlement in a suit accusing the organizations of improperly using their likenesses in video games.
July 24, 2014
A California federal judge indicated on Thursday that she will preliminarily approve $60 million in settlements in college athletes' cases accusing the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Electronic Arts Inc. of improperly using their likenesses in video games, but sidelined the NCAA's effort to include antitrust claims in the release.
July 03, 2014
A California federal judge considering class settlements for Electronic Arts Inc. to pay $40 million and the NCAA to pay $20 million to college athletes who say their likenesses were used in video games without permission asked the parties to revamp their proposed class notices at a hearing Thursday.
June 09, 2014
The NCAA agreed Monday to pay $20 million to settle claims that it violated student-athletes' publicity rights through video games made by Electronic Arts Inc., as a related antitrust trial over the conduct starts.
June 03, 2014
Attorneys representing a class of current and former college athletes locked in an antitrust and publicity rights battle with the National Collegiate Athletic Association sought up to $15.7 million in fees and costs Friday as part of a $40 million deal to settle claims against Electronic Arts Inc. and the Collegiate Licensing Co.
May 23, 2014
The National Collegiate Athletic Association lost its bid to streamline two class actions by student-athletes who claim it violated antitrust law or their publicity rights by letting a video game company use their likenesses without compensating them, when a California federal judge on Friday split up the temporarily consolidated cases.