Dish Network L.L.C. v. ESPN, Inc. et al

  1. March 05, 2014

    Dish, ESPN Drop $5M Fee Bids In Licensing Dispute

    Dish Network LLC and ESPN Inc. on Tuesday dropped their individual bids for nearly $5 million in attorneys' fees stemming from a jury verdict in New York federal court finding that the sports network breached a licensing agreement by offering Dish competitors better rates for its programming.

  2. May 02, 2013

    Dish Seeks $4.8M In Fees In ESPN Licensing Row

    Dish Network LLC on Wednesday asked a New York judge to make ESPN Inc. cover $4.82 million in attorneys' fees after a jury awarded the satellite provider nearly the same amount at trial, finding the sports network breached a licensing agreement by offering Dish competitors a better deal to carry its Spanish language channel.

  3. March 25, 2013

    How They Won It: Weil Curbs Dish Win In ESPN Licensing Row

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP attorneys obtained a favorable verdict for ESPN Inc., on trial for allegedly giving Dish Network LLC's competitors better rates on its sports programming, by offering to the jury a simplified alternative narrative that Dish had cherry-picked provisions in the deal to unfairly squeeze its client.

  4. February 28, 2013

    Jury Awards Dish $4.9M In ESPN Licensing Row

    A federal jury on Thursday found that sports broadcasting company ESPN Inc. violated a contract with Dish Network LLC by offering the television provider worse rates on its programming than it offered other providers, and awarded Dish $4.86 million.

  5. February 11, 2013

    Dish Tells Jury ESPN Favored Rivals In Licensing Deal

    ESPN Inc. gave Dish Network LLC less favorable rates on its programming than it gave the television provider's competitors despite a contract requiring equal treatment, a lawyer for Dish said Monday, opening a $152 million trial against the sports media giant.

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