March 28, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA fires its latest salvo against paying wages to college athletes, the legal fallout from hacking allegations against a former University of Michigan football coach intensifies, and the men's tennis tour fights back against claims of intimidation.
March 25, 2025
A group of student-athletes still failed to show that their colleges, universities and the NCAA had the joint control typical of employers even after their cases took a trip to the Third Circuit, the association told a Pennsylvania federal court, launching a renewed bid to toss the students' suit.
January 01, 2025
In 2025, courts will evaluate foundational wage and hour issues, such as opt-in principles for Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions and whether amateur college athletes should be employees. Here, Law360 explores five cases to watch in 2025.
August 19, 2022
The NCAA has continued to insist that college athletes should not be considered employees, telling the Third Circuit that last year's bombshell U.S. Supreme Court decision knocking down payment restrictions should not disturb its decades-long tradition of amateurism.
February 04, 2022
The Third Circuit will consider whether NCAA athletes are employees due minimum wage and overtime in a potential landmark collective action that will test the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's game-changing summer decision lifting other restraints on athletes' compensation.
January 25, 2022
College athletes seeking minimum wage in a potential landmark putative collective action urged a federal judge on Monday to reject the NCAA's "unorthodox" and "extraordinary" bid to get the case tossed after its request for a rapid-fire appeal was denied.
January 03, 2022
The NCAA’s grasp over college sports is slipping as schools begin to embrace athletes commercializing their names, images and likenesses and as a new set of legal challenges over athlete unionization and employment status are coming down the pike. Here’s a look at the key issues that could usher in further change in 2022.
January 03, 2022
The expansion of sports gambling will continue to face roadblocks in state legislatures, and the NCAA could see its legal bills mount as it fights pay-for-play in college sports, according to industry attorneys' predictions for 2022.
October 14, 2021
More than 200,000 college student-athletes could opt in to a federal lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association if a judge approves a request from the proposed lead plaintiffs for the first stage of certification and notice.
October 08, 2021
The NCAA and private universities cannot dodge a proposed minimum wage class action brought by athletes now that the U.S. Supreme Court and federal labor authorities have made it clear that the lack of pay is "offensive," the athletes told a Pennsylvania federal court Thursday.