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Flaster Greenberg PC

Antitrust Blitz: NFL’s Sunday Ticket Ruling Could Have Potentially Broad Implication for All Professional Sports

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On June 27, 2024, a jury in the United States District Court for the Central District of California rendered a multibillion-dollar verdict in favor of restaurant/bar owners and individual customers and against the National...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Bankruptcy and Baseball: An Uncertain Media Landscape

April is synonymous with so many things – spring flowers, the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, and of course, the return of America’s pastime, Major League Baseball (MLB).  However, MLB fans of several teams are likely...more

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Broadcasts and Promotions Related to the MLB Postseason and World Series - 2023

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The Major League Baseball (MLB) Postseason is underway, and the World Series will start on October 27, 2023. Your station may want to conduct promotions that are tied to the baseball championships. These promotions can be...more

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Broadcasts and Promotions Related to the MLB Postseason and World Series

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The Major League Baseball (MLB) Postseason begins on October 7, 2022 and will culminate with the World Series starting on October 28, 2022. Your radio or television station may want to be involved in promotions that are tied...more

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New York Appellate Division Declines to Enjoin Baltimore Orioles’ Arbitration Against Washington Nationals

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Two professional baseball teams — the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles — were parties to a partnership agreement granting exclusive broadcast rights to their baseball games to a third entity. The agreement had a...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

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Court Vacates Arbitration Award Due To Evident Partiality Of Panel, But Parties Must Re-Arbitrate Matter Before Same Arbitral...

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In a dispute between the Washington Nationals, the Baltimore Orioles, and affiliated parties regarding the value of broadcasting rights for Nationals games, an appellate court has affirmed a trial court order vacating an...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Upon Further Review – Nationals Get Second Swing At Orioles Over TV Dispute

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A New York court of appeals last week declared the Orioles and Nationals will play extra innings in the teams’ longstanding dispute over fees the Orioles’ Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) owes the Nationals for broadcasting...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

MLB Settles, Leaving Unanswered Questions: Do Sports Leagues’ Regional Blackout Agreements Violate Antitrust Laws?

In the wake of Major League Baseball’s settlement of antitrust claims on the eve of trial, the central question from the lawsuit remains: are sports leagues’ exclusive broadcasting territories for live games an antitrust...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

End of the Dark Ages? Lawsuits Put Sports TV Blackout Rules to the Test

Could the New York Yankees sell the broadcasting rights to their games to cable companies and subscribers in Mississippi? Could a Los Angeles Kings fan living on the East Coast pay to watch a crucial, late-season game live...more

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