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  1. January 01, 2024

    10 Sports And Betting Cases To Watch In 2024

    An ever-increasing volume of lawsuits involving the NCAA highlights the list of sports and betting cases to watch in 2024, including battles over athletes' right to compensation for their name, image and likeness and their fight to collectively bargain and be designated as employees. Plus, racial discrimination suits against the NFL, and more. Here, Law360 looks at the top sports and betting cases the legal world will be watching in the new year.

  2. November 05, 2023

    NCAA Faces Billions In Damages As Judge Forges NIL Class

    Athletes challenging NCAA restrictions on their name, image and likeness rights scored a huge procedural victory Friday as a California judge certified three classes that could put college athletics' governing body on the hook for billions of dollars in damages.

  3. September 22, 2023

    NCAA Athletes Win Cert. For Injunctive Relief Class In NIL Suit

    A California federal judge on Friday certified a class of 184,000 college athletes seeking injunctive relief in antitrust litigation against the NCAA over their name, image and likeness rights, but held off on certifying classes of athletes who seek damages for allegedly lost revenue.

  4. July 05, 2023

    5 Sports & Betting Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2023

    There are plenty of sports and betting legal matters to watch as the second half of 2023 begins, including those revolving around name, image and likeness rights for college athletes and the legal liability of celebrities like Shaquille O'Neal and Tom Brady who endorse cryptocurrency platforms. Here, Law360 looks at the top sports and betting cases the legal world will be watching in the second half of 2023.

  5. May 01, 2023

    NCAA Blasts NIL Damage Claim, Opposes Class Certification

    The NCAA has asked a California federal judge to deny class certification to hundreds of college athletes suing it for name, image and likeness rights, or NIL, insisting that the members have "substantial differences" in their circumstances that can't be represented in one class, especially when billions of dollars in broadcast revenues to the institutions are factored in.

  6. January 02, 2023

    5 Sports & Betting Cases To Watch In 2023

    The sports and betting world will closely follow a pair of consolidated class actions in college athletics related to concussion liability and NIL rights, trademark infringement cases that could tilt the playing field across sports and gaming, and major cases involving the NFL and PGA Tour. Here, Law360 looks at the top sports and betting cases the legal world will be watching in the new year.

  7. October 25, 2022

    NCAA Athletes Seek Cert. In Antitrust Suit Over NIL Limits

    NCAA athletes have asked a California federal judge to certify multiple classes of Division I student athletes who are challenging the NCAA's name, image and likeness restrictions, arguing that their antitrust allegations can be resolved on a classwide basis.

  8. July 27, 2021

    NCAA Athletes Say Name, Image 'Experiment' Proves Case

    The explosive growth of opportunities for college athletes to cash in on their names, images and likenesses since the NCAA suspended rules limiting such pay is a living experiment that is proving that college athletes have tremendous value that NCAA rules unnecessarily restrict, athletes challenging the rules say.

  9. July 21, 2021

    Winston & Strawn Joins NCAA NIL Case After High Court Win

    Jeffrey Kessler, Winston & Strawn LLP's co-executive chair who recently argued college athletes' winning U.S. Supreme Court case against the NCAA, is again teaming up with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP in ongoing class claims challenging the organization's name, image and likeness rules.

  10. June 24, 2021

    NCAA Can't Escape Current Athletes' Name, Image Claims

    A California federal judge refused Thursday to dismiss an antitrust suit by current college athletes challenging NCAA rules that restrict them from earning money from the use of their names, images and likenesses, but said one former athlete in the suit could not bring claims.