In re National Football Leagues Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
2:15-ml-02668
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Weinstein Kitchenoff
- Zimmerman Law Offices PC
- Bricker Graydon
- Kendall Brill
- Freed Kanner
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Finkelstein Thompson
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Wilkinson Stekloff
- Loeb & Loeb
- Davis Polk
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Kohn Swift
- Chestnut Cambronne
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Murray Law Firm LLC
- Woodard Legal PC
- Haffner Law PC
- Gibson Dunn
- Lockridge Grindal
- Barrack Rodos
- Pogust Goodhead
- Goldenberg Schneider
- Willkie Farr
- Swigart Law Group
- Bahadori & Thomas
- Arias Sanguinetti
- Stephan Zouras
- Spector Roseman
- Goldman Scarlato
- Heins Mills
- Hach Rose Schirripa
- SKT Law PC
- Lynch Carpenter
- Schack Law Group
- Boni Zack
- Warren Kash Warren
- Girard Sharp
- Gibbs Mura
- Kahn Swick
- Hagens Berman
- SKT Law
- Rezvani Law Firm
- Pomerantz LLP
- Covington & Burling
- Morgan & Morgan
- Robins Kaplan
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Williams & Connolly
- Weil Gotshal
- Bartko Pavia
- Langer Grogan
- Hausfeld LLP
- Mogin Law
- Munger Tolles
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Paul Weiss
- Terrell Marshall
- Radice Law Firm
- Cohen Milstein
- Karon LLC
- Miller Shah
- Kesselman Brantly
- Young-Agriesti & Thomas
- Zimmerman Reed
- Susman Godfrey
- Glancy Prongay
- Baron & Budd
- Walker Stevens
Companies
- RedBird Capital Partners
- Jacksonville Jaguars LLC
- Houston Texans
- The Detroit Lions Inc.
- Chicago Bears
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Miami Dolphins
- Las Vegas Raiders LLC
- Dallas Cowboys Football Club Ltd.
- Arizona Cardinals
- NFL Enterprises LLC
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Minnesota Vikings Football LLC
- Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC
- Baltimore Ravens Inc.
- Apple Inc.
- EverPass Media LLC
- The Tennessee Titans
- New Orleans Saints
- Seattle Seahawks
- Atlanta Falcons Football Club LLC
- Indianapolis Colts
- The DIRECTV Group Inc.
- New York Football Giants Inc.
- NBCUniversal Media LLC
- Charter Communications Inc.
- Carolina Panthers
- Fox Corp.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- New York Jets LLC
- Washington Football Team
- ESPN Inc.
- Kansas City Chiefs
- CBS Corp.
- Green Bay Packers Inc.
- Denver Broncos Football Club
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March 01, 2022
NFL Slams Extension Bid As Bailout In 'Sunday Ticket' Case
The National Football League and its member clubs are contesting in California federal court a bid by bar and restaurant owners for a three-month discovery extension in their long-running antitrust litigation accusing the league and DirecTV of monopolizing Sunday football broadcasts.
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April 21, 2021
DirecTV Hands Off Bars' 'Sunday Ticket' Claims To Arbitration
A California federal judge has ordered a proposed class of bar and restaurant owners to arbitrate their claims accusing DirecTV of monopolizing Sunday NFL football broadcasts, shooting down their argument that the pay-TV provider's prolonged litigation in federal court meant they weren't eligible for arbitration.
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March 08, 2021
DirecTV Can't Push 'Sunday Ticket' Suit To Arb., Subs Say
Bar and restaurant owners pushed back against DirecTV's bid to force them to arbitrate claims the company monopolized Sunday football broadcasts through an exclusive package deal with the NFL, arguing the pay TV provider was fine with litigating the claims in court so long as the court sided with it.
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February 16, 2021
Arbiters Should Make Call In NFL Game Suit, DirecTV Says
DirecTV renewed an effort in California federal court to push into arbitration claims it monopolized Sunday game broadcasts through an exclusive package deal with the National Football League.
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June 30, 2017
Subscribers Fumbled NFL Sunday Ticket Dispute, Judge Says
A California federal judge on Friday dismissed multidistrict antitrust litigation against the National Football League and DirecTV over their Sunday Ticket viewing package, ruling that the subscribers haven't proven an antitrust injury.
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February 13, 2017
NFL, DirecTV Ask Judge To Sack Sunday Ticket Antitrust Suit
The NFL and DirecTV separately urged a California federal judge on Monday to kick subscribers' antitrust suit challenging the legality of their exclusive Sunday Ticket package out of court, with DirecTV seeking arbitration and the NFL arguing the suit is based on a "fundamentally cockeyed notion."
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December 15, 2016
Fox, CBS To Hand Over NFL Deal Docs In Sunday Ticket Case
Broadcasters Fox and CBS have agreed to hand over redacted documents in California federal court related to their lucrative television rights deals with the National Football League to plaintiffs alleging the NFL's exclusive Sunday Ticket package with DirecTV to show out-of-market games violates federal antitrust law.
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October 25, 2016
NFL Says Sunday Ticket Subscribers Have No Antitrust Case
The National Football League on Monday continued its bid to escape a multidistrict litigation alleging its exclusive Sunday Ticket package with DirecTV violates federal antitrust law, telling a California federal judge that the commercial subscribers bringing the suit failed to show an antitrust violation.
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October 04, 2016
Subscribers Want Arbitration Sacked In NFL Antitrust MDL
Commercial subscribers in multidistrict litigation alleging the National Football League's exclusive Sunday Ticket package with DirecTV violates federal antitrust law urged a California federal judge on Monday to deny a bid to compel arbitration in the suit, arguing no agreement to arbitrate exists.
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September 23, 2016
NFL-DirecTV 'Unquestionably Anti-Competitive,' Court Told
DirecTV subscribers blasted the National Football League on Thursday for trying to evade multidistrict litigation alleging the NFL's exclusive Sunday Ticket package with the broadcaster violates federal antitrust law, arguing there's nothing "pro-competitive" about the arrangement.