October 25, 2013
A California federal judge refused on Friday to throw out an antitrust class action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its use of college athletes' names and likenesses without compensation, rejecting the group's argument that the U.S. Supreme Court has already given its compensation rules a green light.
September 26, 2013
Video game company EA Sports and the Collegiate Licensing Co. have agreed to pay $40 million to settle with thousands of current and former NCAA student-athletes over antitrust claims of a conspiracy involving the unauthorized use of their names and likenesses, according to court documents and news reports.
September 19, 2013
The NCAA asked a California federal court Tuesday to dismiss an antitrust class action over use of college athletes' names and likenesses, saying the players had no publicity rights for live sports broadcasts and the Supreme Court already upheld rules banning student-athlete compensation.
September 11, 2013
Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. asked a California federal judge to dismiss a proposed antitrust class action against it and the NCAA over their use of college athletes' names and likenesses, saying the players had failed to prove EA was involved in a plot that harmed competition.
July 19, 2013
Six college football players on Thursday became the first active NCAA athletes to join a putative class action in California federal court, alleging the league violated antitrust laws by using players' names and likenesses in television broadcasts and video games.
June 20, 2013
Current and former college athletes who say the NCAA violated federal antitrust laws by using their names and likenesses in television broadcasts and video games without compensating the players urged a California federal judge Thursday to allow them to pursue their claims as a certified class.
April 29, 2013
Current and former college athletes who allege the NCAA violated antitrust laws by using their names and likenesses for television broadcasts and video games told a California federal court Thursday that they deserve to pursue their case as a certified class.
March 19, 2013
The NCAA pushed back Thursday against a class certification bid by former football and basketball players who say the organization violated antitrust laws by licensing their likenesses for television broadcasts, arguing student-athletes voluntarily agree to participate in broadcasts when they compete in NCAA sporting events.
August 08, 2012
A California federal judge on Tuesday imposed over $67,000 in sanctions on former college athletes in the players' putative antitrust class action over the use of their likenesses by the NCAA, finding their discovery requests to nonparties in the suit were too broad and burdensome.
August 06, 2012
A California federal judge on Monday ordered the National Collegiate Athletic Association to produce its media and licensing revenue reports in multidistrict litigation that alleged the organization and Electronic Arts Inc. violated antitrust laws by profiting from player likenesses.