“What we’re talking about here is a basic division of the market horizontally into exclusive territories,” Ned Diver tells Law 360 in MLB, NHL Viewers Press NY Judge To Certify Antitrust Class.
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Law 360: MLB Strikes Out In Bid For 2nd Circ. To Hear Antitrust Row
Major League Baseball can’t escape an antitrust class action accusing it, the National Hockey League, Comcast Corp. and others of conspiring to thwart broadcasting competition, following the Second Circuit’s refusal to take up an appeal of an order requiring the league to participate in the suit.
Courthouse News: Baseball Fights Against Federal Judge
Major League Baseball on Wednesday said it would appeal a federal judge’s ruling to permit two antitrust class actions brought by viewers who say the league and cable companies use “blackouts” to shut out competition, reported Nick Divito in Courthouse News’ coverage of Baseball Fights Against Federal Judge.
Law 360: MLB, NHL Fans’ Broadcast Antitrust Actions Headed For Trial
Putative class actions alleging Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and cable providers colluded to thwart competition in television and Internet sports broadcasting will go to trial after a New York federal judge refused to toss them, according to a filing made publicly available Friday. This was reported by Law 360’s Kurt Orzeck in MLB, NHL Fans’ Broadcast Antitrust Actions Headed For Trial.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Suit alleges illegal cartel on TV, Internet sports
In the October 19, 2013 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, business reporter Bob Fernandez writes on, Suit alleges illegal cartel on TV, Internet sports, discussing the consumer proposed-class-action lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the NHL, and regional sports networks, including those owned by Comcast and DirecTV.
Thomson Reuters Legal News: Sports fans can pursue antitrust case over programs
In today’s Thomson Reuters legal news, Jonathan Stempel covers LGD’s class action lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the NHL and regional sports networks in Sports fans can pursue antitrust case over programs.
Deadline Hollywood: Sports TV Class Action Against Comcast, DirecTV, MLB & NHL Still In Play
Dominic Patten writes in today’s Deadline Hollywood on how Major League Baseball, the NHL, Comcast and DirecTV failed in their team effort to get an antitrust class action suit against them dismissed in a New York District Court.
Yahoo Sports: Lawsuit targeting MLB’s blackout policy to proceed
Reporter Jeff Passan writes on Lawsuit targeting MLB’s blackout policy to proceed in today’s Yahoo Sports. The antitrust lawsuit aimed at blowing up Major League Baseball’s lucrative television-rights territories and forcing the league to abandon its antiquated blackout policy will proceed after a federal judge Wednesday affirmed the claims that MLB’s media structure is anti-competitive, writes Passan.
Yahoo Sports: TV blackouts case against MLB at critical point
Yahoo Sports reporter Jeff Passan asks why if one of Bud Selig’s great tenets as commissioner for two decades now has been inclusion and equality that the same ethos doesn’t apply to Major League Baseball’s rules that black out the most important games this year from millions of televisions around the country?