In a Westlaw Today article, attorneys examine the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) proposed settlement of antitrust lawsuits and analyze its potential impact on schools and athletes.
The NCAA recently announced that the Power Five college athletics conferences and the NCAA reached a $2.8 billion settlement in the consolidated antitrust litigation of three class action lawsuits filed by former student-athletes.
The article addresses the settlement, what remains unresolved, and what is ahead before the settlement becomes final.
The article was authored by litigation partner Christopher Conniff, chair of the firm's sports law industry group, senior counsel Dennis Coleman, founder of the firm's sports law practice, intellectual property transactions partner Erica Han and Tatum Wheeler, associate in the private equity and sports groups. Article contributors also included antitrust senior attorney David Young, intellectual property transactions associate Daniel Freshman and corporate associates Kennedy Myers and Parv Gondalia.
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