August 11, 2015
A class of student-athletes who won an antitrust battle against the NCAA over the use of their likenesses blasted the organization's bid to slash an award of $44 million in attorneys' fees, telling a California federal judge on Monday that the NCAA can't "admit defeat."
July 29, 2015
The NCAA on Tuesday tried to stop an order that would allow for college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images and likenesses, saying plaintiffs' only defense so far has been to "belittle and demonize the NCAA."
July 28, 2015
College athletes told the Ninth Circuit on Monday not to delay a decision that allows them to be paid for the use of their names, images and likenesses, blasting the NCAA's bid to stay the injunction as groundless and hyperbolic.
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 29, 2015
A California federal judge said Wednesday that he'll likely grant at least $45 million in fees to the attorneys who led college athletes to victory in their landmark antitrust class action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, comparing their "adventurous, risky suit" to "Game of Thrones."
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 27, 2015
A federal magistrate judge on Friday refused to hold off on deciding how much the National Collegiate Athletic Association owes in fees to attorneys for student-athletes who accused them of antitrust violations until after the Ninth Circuit rules on the case.
April 20, 2015
Attorneys for student-athletes in the sprawling antitrust dispute over the NCAA's ban on compensating college athletes ripped the association's bid to postpone a fee hearing Friday, saying it was just another attempt by the NCAA to delay paying its legal bills.