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NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approval
2 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approval

Hindustan Times  

A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players. NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approval U.S District Judge Claudia Wilken released an order setting a timeline for a deal that would put millions of dollars into the pockets of …

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NCAA settlement that would allow colleges to pay athletes gets preliminary approval
2 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA settlement that would allow colleges to pay athletes gets preliminary approval

LA Times  

A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players. Former college athletes from as far back as 2016 would be able to apply for their share of $2.576 billion set aside to help them recoup money they could’ve made from NIL deals, which weren’t allowed until …

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House v. NCAA settlement granted preliminary approval, bringing new financial model closer
2 months, 2 weeks ago

House v. NCAA settlement granted preliminary approval, bringing new financial model closer

New York Times  

The proposed House v. NCAA settlement, which includes the landmark $2.78 billion settlement of three separate antitrust cases facing the NCAA and power conferences, received preliminary approval on Monday from Judge Claudia Wilken in the Northern District of California, clearing the way for schools to begin paying players directly through revenue sharing as early as 2025. Lawyers representing both sides …

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Attorneys say clarifications being made to parts of $2.78B NCAA settlement that dismayed judge
3 months ago

Attorneys say clarifications being made to parts of $2.78B NCAA settlement that dismayed judge

Associated Press  

Attorneys negotiating a $2.78 billion settlement of class-action antitrust cases against the NCAA and the nation’s biggest college conferences are working to clarify parts of the agreement that a judge wanted addressed before deciding whether to let the landmark deal move forward. “We’ve been making good progress in our discussions with the NCAA about how to answer the judge’s questions …

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NCAA President Charlie Baker tells membership hearing on $2.78B settlement ‘did not go as we hoped’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA President Charlie Baker tells membership hearing on $2.78B settlement ‘did not go as we hoped’

Associated Press  

In a letter to NCAA membership Friday, President Charlie Baker said a preliminary approval hearing for a landmark $2.78 billion antitrust settlement “did not go as we hoped” and that the association and major college conferences are trying to address the judge’s concerns about parts of the proposed deal. “At the beginning of the hearing it’s clear Judge Wilken understood …

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Judge questions restrictions on booster payments to athletes in $2.78B NCAA settlement
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge questions restrictions on booster payments to athletes in $2.78B NCAA settlement

Associated Press  

A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning whether payments to college athletes from booster-funded organizations should be restricted. “I’m quite concerned about those,” U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken said during a preliminary approval hearing. Kilaru …

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Attorney: Full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving NCAA expected to be filed Friday
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Attorney: Full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving NCAA expected to be filed Friday

Associated Press  

The full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving the NCAA and college sports’ wealthiest conferences is expected to be filed with a federal court by the end of the week, an attorney for the defendants told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Yeah, there’s a lot to unpack in the House settlement,” Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti told reporters at conference …

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Previous bidder tries again with new offshore wind proposal in New Jersey
5 months, 1 week ago

Previous bidder tries again with new offshore wind proposal in New Jersey

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A partnership that proposed an offshore wind farm in New Jersey last year but was not selected by state utility regulators to move forward with it is trying again. Community Offshore Wind said Thursday it had submitted a bid a day earlier to build a wind farm off the state’s southern coast. “Community Offshore Wind was …

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Judge gives preliminary OK to $641M Flint water deal
3 years, 11 months ago

Judge gives preliminary OK to $641M Flint water deal

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a $641 million deal that would benefit thousands of Flint residents who were harmed by lead-contaminated water. The agreement makes money available to every Flint child who was exposed to the water, every adult who can show an injury, certain business owners and anyone who paid water bills, Levy said. Flint …

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Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle facial recognition lawsuit
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle facial recognition lawsuit

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent. The social media company had in July raised its settlement offer by $100 million to $650 million in relation to the lawsuit, in which Illinois users accused …

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