July 20, 2015
The NCAA asked the Ninth Circuit on Friday to pause a judge's decision that allows college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images and likenesses, a request that comes about two weeks before the lower court's order is set to take effect.
July 08, 2015
The first half of 2015 was action-packed with rulings on key pharmaceutical antitrust issues and agency wins in high-profile challenges, but there's still plenty to watch for over the next six months, including cases that could alter the landscape of college sports and professional baseball and major challenges to benchmark banking rates.
March 17, 2015
A Ninth Circuit panel heard oral arguments Tuesday in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's appeal of a lower court's ruling that the organization's ban on compensating student-athletes violates federal antitrust law, with a skeptical panel questioning a licensing payment regime proposed by the lower court.
March 16, 2015
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday will weigh whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association's ban on compensating student-athletes violates federal antitrust law in a case that may prove key to broader efforts to challenge the NCAA's policies.
January 29, 2015
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to affirm a ruling that said college athletes must be paid for use of their images, saying attempts to diminish laws protecting an individual's right of publicity could be "ruinous" to performers' careers.
January 22, 2015
Plaintiffs accusing the National Collegiate Athletic Association of forming a cartel to prevent college athletes from getting paid for the use of their likenesses urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to affirm a lower court's ruling that the NCAA violated antitrust law, arguing evidence showed the association exploited students.