States’ Antitrust Action Against the NCAA Expands with Addition of the Justice Department and More States

By Christina Stylianou & Gregg E. Clifton No stranger to antitrust lawsuits, the NCAA closed out 2023 with a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Northern District of West Virginia enjoining it from enforcing its Transfer Eligibility Rule against student-athletes seeking to transfer schools for a second time. Before the District Court had an opportunity to rule on the plaintiff states’ application for a longer-term preliminary injunction providing the same relief, t