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U.S. District Court Judge denies NCAA's request to discuss class-action suit

U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken has denied the NCAA's request to cismiss class-action suit led by former UCLA baskeball star Ed O'Bannon.

“The key to this order is that it opens the door to the discovery process, and we soon can begin collecting evidence from the NCAA [and its member schools and conferences], taking depositions, and uncovering everything that it wanted to hide and keep from the public’s and athletes’ view,” said Jon King, partner at Hausfeld LLP, one of the firms handling the class-action suit.

“This is a truly historic day – to our knowledge, no one has ever gotten behind the scenes to examine how student-athletes’ current and future rights in their images are divided up and sold,” King said.
 

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Practice Areas: Antitrust / Competition

Supporting Documents

» “O’Bannon Case Could Be a Game Changer”
» “Judge Approves Ex-UCLA Star Ed O'Bannon's Lawsuit against NCAA”