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Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption Marks Its 100th Anniversary with a New Challenge

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For more than a century, minor league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) have thrived in a symbiotic relationship. Minor league teams affiliate with major league teams for financial support and access to major league...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Prioritizing Corporate Culture: Lessons for Companies from the Major League Baseball Sign-Stealing Investigation

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The MLB Commissioner held senior leadership accountable for illegal sign stealing - even though the conduct generally involved players and low-level operations employees. On January 13, 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB)...more

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MLB's Bid for Disney's Regional Sports Networks

Amid the frozen free agent market this hot (cold) stove season is a potential transaction that, while not necessarily dictating the headlines, could have significant positive effects on how Major League Baseball (MLB) games...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Batter Up: The FCPA Takes A Swing At Major League Baseball

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Among the latest news reports in the cross-border public corruption space that has legally-minded sports fans talking is that a federal grand jury is investigating Major League Baseball’s international...more

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MLB's International Signing Practices under Investigation by Federal Grand Jury

Jeff Passan, MLB columnist for Yahoo Sports, reported on September 28, 2018 that “[a] federal grand jury is looking into Major League Baseball teams’ international dealings and has issued subpoenas to club officials and other...more

McDermott Will & Emery

THE LATEST: Antitrust Umps Throw Out Information Exchanges Relating To LA Dodgers Broadcast Rights

The Department of Justice (DOJ) reinforces the perils of competitor information exchanges by challenging alleged communications between DirecTV and other video programmers related to broadcast rights for Los Angeles (LA)...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Hacking Your Rivals – Corporate Espionage in Major League Baseball

As we approach the dog days of summer, baseball season is again in full bloom. We previously discussed old-fashioned sign stealing in the context of teams trying to gain a competitive advantage during an actual game. But it...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Never Tick Off a Redbird

At a Press Conference today, Satan officially announced that Hell has frozen over. He made this stunning announcement after the New York Times (NYT) reported that the baseball team with the most World Series wins in the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Houston Astros and a Compliance Defense in the FCPA

The Astros act like a corporation and like almost all corporations they look to pay the absolute cheapest that they can to get something. Those who advocate that there be a compliance defense added to the FCPA miss this...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Red Sox Win The World Series: Character Does Matter – In Sports And Compliance

On Wednesday the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series at home since 1918. The Red Sox had finally bested the Curse of the Bambino back in 2004 when they defeated their 2013 opponent, the St. Louis Cardinals, but they...more

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