AAU joined AAMC and six other higher education associations in filing an amicus brief in the case of Commonwealth of Massachusetts et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al.
The amicus brief argues that the NCAA's eligibility rules, including the five-year time limit for student-athletes, are rooted in educational principles rather than commercial interests and should not be subject to antitrust scrutiny simply because some athletes now benefit from name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.
AAU joined 13 higher education associations in submitting an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Cunningham v. Cornell. The brief supports Cornell University and asks the United States Supreme Court to affirm the Second Circuit’s November 2023 decision that to state a valid claim for breach of a fiduciary duty for a prohibited transaction under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), more is required than just a mere allegation that such a transaction took place.
AAU joined higher education associations in submitting an amicus brief to the Eleventh Circuit in the case of Zhang v. Emory.
AAU and 23 higher education institutions submitted an amicus brief supporting The Ohio State University’s petition to the United States Supreme Court to overturn a decision issued by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals eliminating the statute of limitations for Title IX claims and extending Title IX remedies to any individual who visits a college campus.
AAU joined the American Council on Education and 38 other higher education associations in filing an amicus brief in support of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the pending Supreme Court cases involving the use of race-conscious admissions.
AAU joined the American Council on Education and 11 other higher education associations in submitting an amicus brief to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Johnson v. NCAA arguing that “intercollegiate athletics is not a business but rather a mosaic of programs that, at their core, enrich students’ educational experiences.” The brief urges the court to find that student-athletes in colleges are not employees, but students who receive a range of educational benefits from intercollegiate sport.
AAU joined 17 other higher education associations in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the case of Hughes, et al. v. Northwestern University, et al.
AAU joined ACE and nine other higher education associations to file an amicus brief in NCAA v. Alston, asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling finding that the NCAA’s eligibility rules regarding compensation of student-athletes violate federal antitrust law
Several AAU members were part of a group of 26 colleges and universities joined an amicus brief to support the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.