Court Declines NCAA’s Assertion of Privilege

A federal judge from the Southern District of New York has denied the NCAA’s assertion that certain documents prepared by Deloitte & Touche are protected by the attorney-client privilege.   Specifically, the court found in the antitrust case involving the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association and the NCAA that Indiana privilege law does not apply in a federal case and that, even if it did, the documents in question “are most accurately characterized as management advisory