September 06, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, the $2.78 billion deal to settle a vast class action targeting the NCAA's name, image and likeness compensation rules hits a snag, the NBA and Warner Bros. aim for an April trial in their media rights fight, and NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers look to reinstate their $4.7 billion antitrust victory over the league.
September 05, 2024
A California federal judge declined Thursday to preliminarily approve a $2.78 billion deal to settle an antitrust class action targeting the NCAA's name, image and likeness compensation rules, saying counsel must "go back to the drawing board" on some of the deal's terms.
May 30, 2024
The consolidated cases in the class action against the NCAA over athletes' name, image and likeness compensation were stayed by a California federal judge Thursday, the next step toward finalizing the multibillion-dollar settlement the two sides reached last week.
March 28, 2024
The NCAA and the Power 5 conferences have told a California federal judge that the "highly varied and diverse ways" schools compensated athletes after the 2021 Alston Supreme Court decision make it implausible to certify the class suing for past compensation — saying plaintiffs have chosen to "simply ignore all of this complexity.''
February 05, 2024
Current and former college athletes suing the NCAA over claims they were stiffed on payments authorized by the U.S. Supreme Court in its recent Alston decision moved on Friday to certify a class numbering tens of thousands of student-athletes, saying this is a "prototypical case for class certification."
October 26, 2023
A California federal judge on Thursday set a December 2024 trial date for current and former college athletes to face off with the NCAA and its major conferences over claims athletes were stiffed on payments authorized by the U.S. Supreme Court in its recent watershed Alston decision.
April 04, 2023
A throng of current and former college athletes sued the NCAA and its major conferences Tuesday, alleging that they were stiffed on payments authorized by the U.S. Supreme Court in a watershed decision two years ago.