NCAA and conferences agree to $208.7 million settlement in antitrust suit
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and 11 conferences agreed Friday to a $208.7 million settlement in a class action suit brought by former college athletes alleging their scholarships were illegally capped. The lawsuit ...
Supreme Court hears argument on president's power to fill agency vacancies
The US Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case that will impact the president's power to temporarily fill vacant agency positions. began as an...
Volkswagen appeals federal labor board decision supporting UAW
German automaker Volkswagen (VW) on Thursday appealed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision to support union representation for workers at the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The United Automobile Workers (UAW) in...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined 3-1 Tuesday that student assistants working at private colleges are statutory employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act. The case was filed by graduate students at Columbia University...
Federal appeals court rules employer cannot make employees sign class action waiver
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday that an employer may not coerce an employee to waive his or her right to bring a class action suit. In its decision, the...
Moving the Chains: Why Employee Status for College Athletes is Necessary to Ensure their Protection
JURIST Guest Columnist Patrick Prager of St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016 is the ninth author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Prager discusses the influence of...
JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act...All petitions to have a lower-court ruling reviewed by the US Supreme Court are long shots. Still, the recently-filed...
California court: universities have no duty to protect students from other students
The Second District Court of Appeal of California ruled 2-1 Wednesday that public colleges and universities have no duty to protect students from violence committed by other students on campus. The dispute arose after University of...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violates antitrust laws by limiting what compensation student athletes can receive. The appeals...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Monday declined to assert jurisdiction over whether Northwestern University football players can form a union, overturning its 2014 decision which recognized the players as...
