The University of Oregon filed three motions seeking to dismiss or limit aspects of the federal Title IX lawsuit brought against it by current and former members of the school’s varsity beach volleyball and club rowing teams.
UO’s outside counsel from Perkins Coie LLP filed a motion for summary judgment related to a statute of limitations, a motion for judgment on one of the claims and takes exception to “novel legal theory” pertaining to name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation to athletes, and a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction last week.
A settlement conference between the parties is scheduled for July 18 in Portland and several other deadlines from November to June 2025 are set in the case, Schroeder et al. v. University of Oregon, in which the women’s athletes are seeking class status and claim the university is “depriving its female student-athletes of equal treatment, equal athletic financial aid, and equal opportunities to participate in varsity athletics in violation of Title IX,” the 1972 federal law that requires women and men be provided equitable opportunities to participate in sports.