Supreme Court Allows DOJ to Join Oral Argument in Alston Case

By Nicholas A. Plinio and Gregg E. Clifton , of Jackson Lewis The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it would allow the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to become an additional presenter during the landmark case, NCAA v. Alston, which is set for oral argument on March 31, 2021. The Alston case arises out of consolidated appeals from the NCAA and several high-level conferences in two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rulings, American Athletic Conference v. Alston and NCAA v. A