That leaves the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or the NCAA, as the lone remaining defendant in the antitrust class action brought by about 100,000 former and current college athletes.

On Friday afternoon, a new team of lawyers from Munger Tolles & Olson stepped in to represent the NCAA, including San Francisco litigation partners Kelly Klaus, Carolyn Luedtke and Rohit Singla and Los Angeles partner Glenn Pomerantz.