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Gillian Berger, et al v. NCAA, et al

  1. January 06, 2017

    Another Big Blow To Student-Athletes Eyeing Employee Status

    Hammering home federal courts' reluctance to find that college athletes are employees, the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday refused to rethink a decision involving UPenn athletes despite the students' argument that the ruling effectively put them in the same category as prison laborers.

  2. January 04, 2017

    7th Circ. Won't Rethink Penn Athletes-Not-Employees Ruling

    The Seventh Circuit refused Wednesday to rethink its ruling that University of Pennsylvania student-athletes cannot be considered employees based on their college sports participation, in a potentially fatal blow to their attempt to pursue Fair Labor Standards Act class claims for minimum wage.

  3. December 15, 2016

    UPenn Athletes To Challenge 7th Circ. Employee Ruling

    Two University of Pennsylvania student-athletes will ask the full Seventh Circuit on Friday to rethink its recent ruling that their participation in college sports does not make them school employees, a decision that prevented them from pursuing class action claims that they deserved minimum wage pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  4. December 05, 2016

    7th Circ. Won't Declare UPenn Athletes As Employees

    The Seventh Circuit held Monday that two University of Pennsylvania student-athletes' participation in college sports does not make them school employees, a death knell for their proposed class action claiming they deserved minimum wage pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  5. September 28, 2016

    7th Circ. Hesitant To Say NCAA Players Work In FLSA Suit

    A Seventh Circuit panel urged to revive a class action filed by two University of Pennsylvania student-athletes seemed skeptical of their claim that playing a college sport could be classified as work deserving of minimum wage pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act during oral arguments Wednesday.

  6. June 15, 2016

    NCAA, Schools Urge 7th Circ. To Back FLSA Suit Dismissal

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association and dozens of universities urged the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday to affirm a decision tossing a proposed wage class action brought by former University of Pennsylvania student-athletes, arguing that classifying the student-athletes as employees "strains the common linguistic intuitions" for interpreting the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  7. March 17, 2016

    Ex-NCAA Athletes Tell 7th Circ. FLSA Suit Wrongly Tossed

    Former University of Pennsylvania student-athletes suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Penn and other schools over their employment status told the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday that their Fair Labor Standards Act suit was prematurely dismissed.

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