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Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Major League Baseball Over Live Game Videos
Posted on 17 May 2012 by Joan Grossman

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) Four baseball fans filed a putative class action in federal court in New York on May 9 against Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc. (MLB), several MLB member clubs and several cable and Internet providers, alleging that live... Read More

Tags: Fernanda Garber v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball , Yankees Entertainment and Sports Networks LLC , Comcast Corp. , Robert Silver , Seattle Mariners , baseball , Antitrust , Derek Rasmussen , Colorado Rockies , Major League Baseball , San Francisco Giants , New York Yankees , Directv LLC , class action , Oakland Athletics , Marc Lerner , MLB , cable television , Fernanda Garber , Litigation , Pittsburgh Pirates , Internet , Philadelphia Phillies , Chicago Cubs , Chicago White Sox

Frank McCourt Agrees To Sell Bankrupt L.A. Dodgers
Posted on 2 Nov 2011 by James Cordrey

LOS ANGELES - (Mealey's) Frank McCourt, owner of the L.A. Dodgers baseball team, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, announced yesterday that he had agreed to sell the team and its attendant media rights in a process supervised by the U.S. Bankruptcy... Read More

Tags: Frank McCourt , Bankruptcy , FOX Sports , Jamie McCourt , In Re: L.A. Dodgers LLC , baseball , Major League Baseball , L.A. Dodgers , MLB , Chapter 11 , Litigation

Players Call NFL A 'Cartel' In Court Filing
Posted on 24 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MINNEAPOLIS - (AP) NFL players who sued the league for alleged antitrust violations liken the league to a "cartel" in their latest court filing, again urging an appeals court to lift the lockout. In arguments filed in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court... Read More

Tags: Brady , Union , pro sports , NFL lockout , Antitrust , Brees , cartel , MLB , National Labor Relations Board , NHL , professional football , Litigation , 8th Circuit , lawsuit , NBA , NFL Players Association , football , NFL , Manning

Court Again Says Feds Wrongly Seized MLB Drug List
Posted on 14 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SAN FRANCISCO - (AP) A federal appeals court on Monday reaffirmed its ruling that investigators illegally seized a list of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids during a 2004 drug lab raid. It's the fourth time the 9th U.S. Circuit... Read More

Tags: Alex Rodriguez , Comprehensive Drug Testing Inc. , baseball , Major League Baseball , Kagen , Quest Diagnostics , 9th Circuit , Obama , MLB , Litigation , drug testing , lawsuit , Sammy Sosa , steroids , Manny Ramirez , David Ortiz

MLB Licenser Settles Baseball Card Maker Lawsuit
Posted on 8 Mar 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK – (AP) Major League Baseball's licensing wing has settled a lawsuit it filed against a baseball card maker for allegedly stealing trademarks. Major League Baseball said Wednesday that The Upper Deck Co. Inc. had settled the trademark... Read More

Tags: Baseball Cards , Major League Baseball , MLB , Litigation , lawsuit , The Upper Deck Co. Inc. , trademark