August 04, 2021
Three law firms can collect an additional $3.5 million in fees and costs after winning a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case striking down NCAA rules restricting education-related pay and benefits, a California judge found Tuesday.
July 07, 2021
Attorneys for a group of college athletes said Tuesday that the NCAA must repay $3.5 million they spent convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the organization's rules restricting education-related pay and benefits, a sum that would bring their total legal fees in the landmark case to $37.6 million.
October 15, 2020
The NCAA is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that struck down rules restricting education-related pay and benefits for college athletes, arguing that the ruling blurs "the line between college and professional athletes" and that it should have more leeway to enforce rules to maintain amateurism in college sports.
September 23, 2020
The NCAA on Tuesday asked a California federal court to confirm that it may cap academic or graduation awards at $5,600 per year under a ruling that struck down many of the organization's restrictions on education-related benefits for college athletes after an expert for the athletes suggested that ruling allows for more than $15,000 per year.
August 25, 2020
A group of college athletes will not pursue a lingering class action alleging the NCAA's amateurism rules unlawfully cap benefits for college athletes in violation of federal antitrust law after the Ninth Circuit ruled earlier this year in a related case that the NCAA cannot limit benefits tied to education that schools may offer.
February 25, 2020
A California federal judge has approved $33 million in fees and costs for the attorneys who secured an injunction for student-athletes barring the NCAA from restricting their education-related compensation, but the payout will hinge on the outcome of appeals in the landmark case.
February 19, 2020
The NCAA has asked a California federal court to hold off enforcing a magistrate judge's recommendation that the college athletic association pay $33 million in attorney fees and costs to student-athletes who won an injunction barring the NCAA from restricting their education-related compensation.
December 23, 2019
A California magistrate judge on Monday ordered the NCAA to pay $31.8 million to cover the attorneys who scored an injunction for student-athletes barring the NCAA from restricting their education-related compensation, but declined to provide the attorneys with the full $45 million they requested.
August 21, 2019
A California magistrate judge Wednesday granted the NCAA's request for attorneys representing student-athletes to produce five years of billing records to support their bid for $45 million in fees for winning a ban on certain pay restrictions but said the cost of producing records can be added to their fees.
July 01, 2019
The class of NCAA student-athletes that convinced a federal judge to lift some restrictions on what colleges can pay their players have blasted the association's efforts to lop millions off their $45 million attorney fee request, insisting that despite a partial win, their legal team earned the payday.