Court Dismisses NCAA from Lawsuit Related to UNC’s Academic Fraud Scandal

By Alyson J. Guyan, of Jackson Lewis   District Court Judge Loretta Biggs has dismissed the NCAA from the putative class action filed by former UNC-Chapel Hill women’s basketball player Rashanda McCants and former UNC football player Devon Ramsay alleging state law claims against the NCAA and UNC. McCants, et al. v. NCAA, et al., No. 1:15-cv-176 (M.D. N.C. Aug. 12, 2016).   The plaintiffs alleged that the NCAA:   “voluntarily assumed a duty to protect the education and educati