Class now in session: The Tipline for 7 November 2023

It is not just student-athletes that will have to worry about making their classes with the NCAA basketball season kicking off on Monday. Judge Claudia Wilken has signed the NCAA up for three classes of its own while simultaneously rejecting claims that Title IX would block the distribution of any settlement. Also in Tipline, the Federal Trade Commission defends its merger control record and highlights the high costs of expert economic analysis.