A Team Co-led by Winston & Strawn Negotiates a Landmark Antitrust Class Action Settlement with the NCAA and Its Power 5 Conferences

Secured, with co-counsel, final approval of an historic settlement of over US$2.75B in back-damages for current and former college-athletes and a new revenue-sharing model allowing schools to share future earnings with athletes. This decade-long effort across four different lawsuits redefines the economics of college sports, affirming athlete rights and fair compensation. Following a 9-0 Supreme Court victory in Alston v. NCAA, the team filed three antitrust class actions, resulting in a groundbreaking settlement that creates a revenue-sharing system projected to generate at least US$20B in new, previously prohibited payments and benefits to Division I college athletes over the next decade. The settlement was recognized in Am Law‘s Litigator of the Week column.

 

House, et al. v. NCAA, et al., Case No. 4:20-cv-03919, U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal.

Chuba Hubbard and Keira McCarrell, et al. v. NCAA, et al., Case No. 4:23-cv-01593, U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal.

Carter v. NCAA, Case No. 3:23-cv-06325, U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal.