October 20, 2015
Major League Baseball told a New York federal judge Monday that pay-TV subscribers suing their providers and the league over blackout rules shouldn't be allowed to depose MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred, saying the request comes too late and their questions have already been answered.
October 15, 2015
Sports fans who filed an antitrust class action in New York federal court over MLB's broadcast blackout rules are demanding the right to depose Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred, saying in a Thursday letter to the court that MLB plans to let Manfred testify on a wider range of topics at trial than they previously let on.
September 28, 2015
Major League Baseball and the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network last week struck back against sports fans in an antitrust lawsuit over blackout rules who objected to the addition of new witnesses, arguing the additions should not come as a surprise and will not be prejudicial despite fact discovery being closed.
September 23, 2015
Sports fans suing MLB, Comcast Corp and other live game coverage broadcasters asked a New York federal court Tuesday to disallow the inclusion of six more defense witnesses, saying their addition would unfairly reopen fact discovery in the antitrust class action.
September 22, 2015
A New York federal judge on Tuesday agreed to defer an arbitration dispute in the antitrust class action lobbed by subscribers of Comcast Corp. and DirecTV LLC who claimed they overpaid to watch Major League Baseball games.
September 02, 2015
The Second Circuit on Tuesday refused to hear appeals over class certification in an antitrust suit by a group of television subscribers who say they have overpaid to watch MLB games because of collusion between the league and pay-TV providers Comcast Corp. and DirecTV LLC.
July 27, 2015
A New York federal judge agreed Monday to defer an arbitration dispute in the antitrust class action lobbed by television subscribers who claimed they overpaid to watch baseball games as Comcast Corp. and DirecTV LLC pursue an appeal of the class's recent certification to the Second Circuit.
May 14, 2015
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.
March 19, 2015
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.
February 18, 2015
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.