Court Orders NCAA to Huddle with Former Players in Settlement Talks

By David Scupp, of Constantine Cannon   The antitrust battle between the NCAA and its former players over the use of their names and likenesses might finally be coming to a head.   Last Friday, Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the NCAA to engage in settlement talks in the class action case of In Re NCAA Student-Athlete Name and Likeness Licensing Litigation, with the class representatives, who claim that the NCAA and its me