December 21, 2017
With the NFL's suspension battle with Ezekiel Elliott, a lively FIFA corruption trial and a showdown over the fate of sports gambling at the U.S. Supreme Court, this past year in sports law provided plenty of drama and intrigue off the field. Here, Law360 looks back at some of the major cases that grabbed the headlines in 2017.
April 27, 2017
A North Carolina federal judge on Wednesday dismissed claims against the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill alleging the school diverted student-athletes into sham classes with no educational value, finding the school is protected from such claims in federal court as an entity of the state but that the claims may be viable in state court.
August 12, 2016
A North Carolina federal court on Friday tossed claims against the NCAA alleging the collegiate sports governing body failed to live up to a duty to ensure that student-athletes receiving scholarships receive a quality education in a lawsuit over sham classes at the University of North Carolina that were disproportionately taken by student-athletes.