February 15, 2018
The NCAA urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to reject a $42 million fee award to attorneys for student-athletes who successfully fought rules barring them from exploiting their publicity rights, arguing the students didn't win their whole case and the lower court erroneously used an "all-or-nothing, winner-takes-all, 'Game of Thrones' approach" to fees.
March 24, 2017
The NCAA asked the Ninth Circuit to deny a $42 million attorneys' fee request in the long-running litigation over rules barring student-athletes from being paid for the use of their names, images and likenesses, arguing Thursday that the win was only partial and doesn't warrant such a large award.
February 17, 2017
Attorneys for the student-athletes who obtained a ruling preventing the NCAA from capping what schools can provide them below the full cost of attendance told the Ninth Circuit on Thursday they are entitled to over $42 million in attorneys' fees.