Court Rebuffs NCAA and CLC in Antitrust Litigation

A federal judge from the Northern District of California has denied a bid by the NCAA and Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) to dismiss the claim of legendary basketball player Bill Russell and other former athletes, who have alleged that the above defendants, as well as Electronic Arts, Inc., engaged in anti-competitive conduct in violation of the Sherman Act.   The instant case is “almost identical” to the one brought by the antitrust plaintiffs in the related consolidated case curren