Cal Stein, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s White Collar Litigation + Investigations Practice Group, was quoted in the April 7, 2025 Bloomberg Law article, “NCAA, Critics Clash at $2.8 Billion Antitrust Deal Hearing.”

The judge is considering the possibility that some of the issues objectors pointed out may not be antitrust violations, Cal Stein, a partner with Troutman Pepper Locke, said in an interview.

“This would have been dead on arrival if she had viewed it as a per se violation,” Stein said.

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