Know Your Judge: Claudia Wilken Putting NCAA Amateur Rules to a Jury

This week in Know Your Judge, we look at U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Judge Claudia Wilken, who is presiding over a high-profile case about scholarships for NCAA athletes.

The case, In re: NCAA Grant-In-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation, could result in more than $1 billion in damages for the NCAA as some 21,000 former players seek to be compensated for costs incurred while in college. It’s heading for trial in September.

Wilken has heard 96 antitrust cases in the past decade, according to Bloomberg Law’s Litigation Analytics. Only five of her antitrust decisions have ...