Tech & Sourcing @ Morgan Lewis

As we wrote on last week, the recent NCAA settlement has ushered in a new era for college athletics—one with unprecedented legal, financial, and operational consequences. Join Morgan Lewis partners, including technology transactions, outsourcing, and commercial contracts partner Don Shelkey, for a two-part webinar series that will examine the regulatory, business, and litigation risks forming the future of college sports.

On June 6, 2025, the Northern District of California in House v. NCAA approved a landmark settlement deal allowing colleges and universities to pay their students directly for their participation in college athletics. The deal between the National Collegiate Athletic Association, its conferences, and lawyers representing NCAA Division I athletes marks another major shift in the NCAA’s policies around the amateurism of student athletes and in their performance compensation. The settlement deal is already raising legal questions in the world of collegiate athletics.

In our latest blog post, we shared a few considerations for compliance in the context of complex outsourcing contracts. Continuing on this theme, we take a look into the matter of data protection compliance.

In the current, highly competitive, business landscape, businesses face the challenge of optimizing efficiency, enhancing productivity, and reducing costs, all while maintaining the quality of their services. One of the strategies for achieving these goals is outsourcing noncore business functions to qualified and experienced vendors, which is where the drafting and negotiation of outsourcing agreements comes into play.