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2 March 2016

Law360: College Athlete Employee Claims A Dead End Post-Penn Suit

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The article outlines the nuances of the suit, and the latest developments in the continued struggle to reform the amateurism model of college athletics.
United States Employment and HR

My colleague Tyrone Thomas, was quoted in the Law360 article entitled, College Athlete Employee Claims a Dead End Post-Penn Suit, in which he analyzes the Indiana court's decision to dismiss former University of Pennsylvania student-athletes' wage-and-hour claims and the impact of this ruling on recent efforts to classify student-athletes as employees. The article outlines the nuances of the suit, and the latest developments in the continued struggle to reform the amateurism model of college athletics.

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