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Laumann et al v. National Hockey League et al

  1. September 01, 2015

    NHL Settlement Approved In Broadcast Antitrust Case

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday approved a nonmonetary settlement in a class action accusing the NHL of conspiring to inflate the price of broadcast rights for games, and awarded plaintiffs' attorneys $6.5 million in fees and expenses.

  2. August 26, 2015

    Plaintiffs Decry Objections To NHL Broadcast Antitrust Deal

    Plaintiffs in a class action accusing the NHL of conspiring to inflate the price of broadcast rights for NHL games told a New York federal court on Wednesday that a small number of objectors to a proposed settlement should not deter its final approval.

  3. July 22, 2015

    The Top Sports Decisions Of 2015 So Far

    From a first-of-its-kind settlement with the National Football League for brain-related injuries to a big loss for the Redskins that could force the team to finally change its name, high-profile decisions dominated the sports landscape in the first half of 2015.

  4. June 16, 2015

    NHL Broadcast Antitrust Deal Passes Court Muster

    A New York federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement between the National Hockey League and television subscribers who lobbed an antitrust class action for allegedly being forced to overpay to watch out-of-market hockey games, saying Monday it's a fair deal.

  5. June 11, 2015

    NHL, Subscribers Reach Deal To End Broadcast Antitrust Row

    The National Hockey League on Thursday agreed to offer television subscribers who claimed they'd been forced to overpay to watch out-of-market hockey games cheaper and team-specific subscription packages to end an antitrust class action in New York federal court.

  6. May 14, 2015

    Subscribers Win Class Status In MLB, NHL Antitrust Row

    A New York federal judge ruled Thursday that television subscribers who say they've overpaid to watch baseball and hockey games could pursue their antitrust case as a class action — but only to seek an order forcing leagues and broadcasters to change the way they sell games.

  7. March 19, 2015

    MLB, NHL Viewers Press NY Judge To Certify Antitrust Class

    Fans who say they've been overcharged to watch baseball and hockey as a result of collusion between the two sports' major leagues and broadcasters, including Comcast Corp. and DirecTV LLC, pressed a Manhattan federal judge Thursday to certify an antitrust class — and to leave their expert witness in the proceedings.

  8. February 18, 2015

    TV Viewers Say 2nd Circ. Rulings Factor Into MLB, NHL Row

    Consumers in an antitrust class action accusing Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, Comcast Corp. and others of conspiring to stifle broadcasting competition told a New York court Tuesday to look at two recent decisions by the Second Circuit concerning commonality while considering whether grant a class certification bid.

  9. November 26, 2014

    Comcast, NHL Fight TV Viewers' Antitrust Class Cert. Bid

    Comcast Corp., the National Hockey League and others accused of colluding to harm competition in sports broadcasting recently asked a New York federal court to deny the plaintiffs' bid for certification, saying the class was incohesive and internally conflicted, in a brief made public Tuesday.

  10. October 23, 2014

    MLB, NHL Bid To Nix Expert Inappropriate, Plaintiffs Say

    A bid by the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball to exclude the opinions of a plaintiffs’ expert in class-certification proceedings in a collusion case against them is just another attempt to relitigate content distribution scenarios, the plaintiffs told a New York federal judge on Wednesday.

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