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Appellate Court Rules that NCAA Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

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On July 11, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (with appellate jurisdiction over federal courts in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) issued a decision in Johnson v. National Collegiate Athletic...more

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Third Circuit Holds That NCAA Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under the FLSA

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Recently, in Johnson v. NCAA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that, depending upon the surrounding circumstances, student-athletes may qualify as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This...more

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Third Circuit Affirms College Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under FLSA

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On July 11, 2024, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in Johnson v. NCAA that certain college athletes may qualify as employees of their schools or the NCAA under the Fair Labor...more

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Game Time Decision: Another District Court Will Decide if College Athletes Are Employees

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U.S. college athletes may soon be considered employees entitled to minimum wage under federal law. In a recent decision, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that college athletes could theoretically be considered...more

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Are College Athletes Considered Employees? Court Denies NCAA Appeal in Win for Athletes

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The possibility remains that college athletes could be considered employees under federal minimum-wage laws, following a U.S Appeals Court ruling on Thursday. The NCAA had sought a definitive ruling to prevent athletes...more

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Play for Pay? Bombshell Ruling Upends Amateurism in College Sports

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Yesterday, a federal appeals court became the first to rule that student-athletes at NCAA Division I schools can bring a lawsuit claiming they are employees and may be entitled to minimum wage and overtime payments under...more

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House of Cards? How the $2.7 Billion NCAA Settlement Might Transform the Employment Status of Student-Athletes

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association is on the verge of settling a major antitrust lawsuit that may radically alter the equation when it comes to student-athlete employment. The pending settlement in House v. NCAA...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Cash for College Athletes, NIL Only Scratches the Surface

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Allowing college athletes to be paid for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) has changed college sports, but several decisions that are due in the coming months could make college sports unrecognizable. First, several...more

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Student Athletes Sue the NCAA Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

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For many youths, playing on a college sports team is a dream come true. However, the reality of collegiate sports isn’t always as glamorous as aspiring athletes believe it to be. For example, the governing body of college...more

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What the Third Circuit’s Looming Decision Regarding Whether College Athletes Can Constitute “Employees” Will Mean for Universities...

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The Third Circuit is expected to soon make a decision as to whether student-athletes can be considered university “employees” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). But its interpretation of the law might reverberate...more

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Third Circuit Court of Appeals Will Determine Whether Student Athletes Can Be Classified as ‘Employees’ Under FLSA

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Since last year’s significant SCOTUS decision in Alston curtailing the NCAA’s ability to limit student athlete compensation for certain educational benefits, the landscape continues to shift in unprecedented ways. Now, the...more

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NCAA Athletes Aren’t Employees — Or Are They?

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Several recent legal efforts have attempted to provide student-athletes with a piece of the financial pie resulting from events like Monday’s national championship game, which reportedly netted the NCAA around $470 million in...more

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Game Over for NCAA Student Athletes Seeking Employee Status? 7th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of U. Penn Athletes’ FLSA Complaint

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On December 5, 2016, the Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a complaint filed by two University of Pennsylvania track and field athletes against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the university, and more than...more

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Penn Students Seek Rehearing, DOL Files Brief in OT Rules Appeal

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Just a quick update on a couple of our recent stories for you wage and hour litigation junkies: Back on December 5, a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a case in which two former...more

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Seventh Circuit Sidelines Claims That Student-Athletes Are "Employees" Under The FLSA

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The NCAA and its member institutions scored another win last week in a Chicago courtroom when the Seventh Circuit closed the book on former student-athletes' proposed class action claiming that their participation in college...more

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Seventh Circuit Agrees: Student-Athletes Are Not Employees Under the FLSA

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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Gillian Berger, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al, 16-1558 (7th Cir. 2016) has affirmed a district court's decision that...more

Cozen O'Connor

No Pay for Student Athletes’ Play, Seventh Circuit Affirms

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Adding to the growing body of case law dealing with the employment status of college students vis-à-vis institutions of higher learning where they are enrolled, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled...more

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Seventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Student-Athletes’ Claim for Compensation

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The Seventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of claims brought by two former University of Pennsylvania student-athletes against the NCAA and more than 120 NCAA Division I universities and colleges, alleging that student athletes...more

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Seventh Circuit Says Student Athletes Are Not Employees

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Back in August, the National Labor Relations Board threw the higher education community a curve ball ruling that student assistants at Columbia University were employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and were...more

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"Employment Flash - October 2016"

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Spotlight on Whistleblower Protections - On October 24, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a “risk alert” regarding SEC registrants’ compliance with Rule 21 F-17, which implements Section 21F of...more

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NCAA, Colleges Defeat FLSA Lawsuit Claiming Student-Athletes Are Employees

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Last week, an Indianapolis federal court dismissed the NCAA and more than 100 Division I schools from a lawsuit that claimed student-athletes should be entitled to minimum wage and overtime payments for the athletic "work"...more

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NCAA Sacks Sackos Suit: Why NCAA Student-Athletes Are Not Employees Under the FLSA

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An Indiana federal court has dismissed Berger v. NCAA et al, a suit brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act by former student-athletes from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). More commonly known as Sackos, the case was...more

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College Athletes Not University Employees, Says Federal District Court

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On February 16, 2016, a federal district court in Indiana held that former athletes at the University of Pennsylvania were not university employees entitled to the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

SLAM DUNK: Student Athletes’ Wage Suit Against NCAA And Universities Is Dismissed

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A federal judge in Indiana dismissed yesterday all that remained of a lawsuit filed by student athletes, alleging that they were “employees” and therefore entitled to the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act....more

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Former College Athlete Claiming Temporary Employee Status Sues NCAA Because She Wasn’t Paid Minimum Wage

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A former soccer player from the University of Houston, Samantha Sackos, has filed a putative class action in the Southern District of Indiana against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and all NCAA Division I...more

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