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Garber et al v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc et al
Case Number:
1:12-cv-03704
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Alston & Bird
- Boies Schiller
- Boni Zack
- Cohen Milstein
- Davis Polk
- Frankfurt Kurnit
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Kohn Swift
- Langer Grogan
- Latham & Watkins
- Motley Rice
- Paul Weiss
- Pomerantz LLP
- Proskauer Rose
- Samuel & Stein
- Wilkinson Stekloff
- Williams & Connolly
Companies
- Chicago Cubs Baseball Club LLC
- Chicago White Sox
- Colorado Rockies
- Comcast Corp.
- Major League Baseball Inc.
- NBC Sports Group
- New York Yankees
- Oakland Athletics
- San Francisco Giants
- Seattle Mariners
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May 01, 2017
Fans Look To Enforce MLB Broadcast Settlement
Fans that settled an antitrust class action with Major League Baseball last year over how out-of-market game broadcasts are sold, urged a New York federal court Monday to force the league to comply with the settlement agreement.
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February 27, 2017
'Unprofessional' Atty Avoids Sanctions In MLB TV Settlement
A New York federal judge on Monday declined to issue sanctions against a Texas attorney who was behind a "meritless" objection to Major League Baseball's settlement last year to end antitrust claims over game broadcast restrictions, but called his conduct "unfitting for any member of the legal profession."
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August 15, 2016
MLB Objector's Atty Says Judge Can't Sanction Him
A Texas attorney told a New York federal judge on Friday that she lacks the power to sanction him of her own accord for his role in pushing an ill-fated objection to MLB's non-monetary settlement with fans over its streaming service, saying that despite the judge's scolding, she can't prove his conduct was so poor it merits a fine.
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July 14, 2016
MLB Objector's Atty Gets 3rd Degree Over Possible Sanctions
A New York federal judge gave an attorney for an objector to Major League Baseball's antitrust class settlement over game broadcast restrictions two weeks to argue against her authority to sanction him Thursday after grilling him for more than an hour over an objection she called suspicious.
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July 08, 2016
Objector Ends Bid To Undo MLB Broadcast Antitrust Deal
An objector to Major League Baseball's antitrust settlement over game broadcast restrictions stopped his campaign against the deal Thursday, prompting a class of baseball fans to drop a bid for sanctions but not ending the possibility that the objector's lawyers could face sanctions in New York federal court.
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July 01, 2016
MLB Fans Ask Judge To Order Docs From Lead Objector
The baseball fans who settled an antitrust class action with Major League Baseball over game broadcast restrictions asked a federal judge on Thursday to order a lead objector to the deal to produce documents related to his previous objections to the settlement.
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June 08, 2016
MLB Broadcast Deal Objector Can't Dodge Deposition
A New York federal judge overseeing an antitrust class action settlement between fans and Major League Baseball over game broadcast restrictions ordered a lead objector to the deal to be deposed Tuesday, rejecting arguments that the deposition sought by the fans is merely meant to harass the objector.
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June 06, 2016
MLB Fans & Broadcast Deal Objector Duel Over Deposition
Major League Baseball fans who reached a settlement in an antitrust lawsuit over game broadcast restrictions told a New York federal court Monday they should be able to depose a lead settlement objector despite his protest that the deposition is "for the sole purpose of harassment."
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May 12, 2016
Atty, Objector Seek To Dodge Sanctions In MLB Antitrust Suit
An objector to the antitrust settlement over the price Major League Baseball fans pay to watch games online, and his former local counsel, pushed back against a sanctions bid from the class with separate oppositions in New York federal court on Wednesday, arguing that the objection was reasonable.
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April 27, 2016
MLB Antitrust Objector's Lead Atty To Face Sanctions Bid
Major League Baseball fans who reached an antitrust class settlement to reduce the cost of watching baseball online can move for sanctions against the Texas-based attorney behind what the class has described as a frivolous settlement objection, a New York federal judge said Wednesday.