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  1. September 29, 2015

    Minor Leaguers Face Uphill Battle In MLB Pay Suits

    Two putative class actions against Major League Baseball seeking to increase the pay for minor league ballplayers are pushing the boundaries of legal protections for professional baseball's business model, including its age-old antitrust exemption, but experts say they face an uphill battle to change the system.

  2. September 29, 2015

    Minor Leaguers Take MLB Antitrust Suit To 9th Circ.

    Minor league baseball players said Monday they will ask the Ninth Circuit to reverse a California federal judge's decision that their putative class action accusing Major League Baseball of suppressing their compensation was barred by baseball's historic exemption from antitrust law.

  3. September 24, 2015

    Minor Leaguers To Appeal Dismissal Of MLB Antitrust Suit

    A group of minor league baseball players on Wednesday told a California federal judge that they plan to appeal a decision tossing their putative class action accusing Major League Baseball of suppressing their compensation, in violation of federal antitrust law, and asked the judge to issue a final decision for appeal.

  4. September 14, 2015

    MLB Antitrust Exemption Binds Minor Leaguers, Judge Rules

    A California federal judge on Monday dismissed a putative class action accusing Major League Baseball of violating federal antitrust law by suppressing the compensation of minor league players, saying the game's historic antitrust exemption still applies.

  5. August 27, 2015

    Minor Leaguers' MLB Antitrust Pay Case Could Strike Out

    A California federal judge on Thursday sounded ready to dismiss a putative class action accusing Major League Baseball of violating federal antitrust law by suppressing minor leaguers' compensation, saying the Ninth Circuit this year affirmed that Major League Baseball remains exempt under antitrust law.

  6. July 22, 2015

    MLB Says Minor Leaguers' Antitrust Suit Flouts High Court

    Major League Baseball and its teams told a California federal court Tuesday that minor leaguers are pushing a "lawless" disregard for U.S. Supreme Court precedent, to protect their putative antitrust class action accusing the league of suppressing their pay through restrictive contract provisions.

  7. July 01, 2015

    Minor Leaguers Say MLB Not Safe From Antitrust Wage Suit

    A minor league baseball player who brought a putative class action accusing Major League Baseball and its clubs of suppressing minor leaguers' compensation told a California federal court Tuesday that baseball's antitrust exemption does not allow the clubs' collusion to hold down minor league wages. 

  8. May 15, 2015

    MLB Wants Out Of Minor Leaguers' Antitrust Suit Over Pay

    Major League Baseball urged a California federal court Thursday to dismiss a putative class action accusing the league of suppressing minor leaguers' compensation by using restrictive contract provisions, saying the claims are barred by binding U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  9. March 02, 2015

    Judge Nixes MLB Bid To Link San Jose, Minor Leaguer Suits

    A class action against Major League Baseball over pay for minor leaguers and an antitrust suit over the relocation of the Oakland Athletics have little in common other than involving the baseball antitrust exemption, a California federal judge said Monday in denying a request from the MLB to relate the two disputes.

  10. February 13, 2015

    Players Fight MLB Bid To Link Employment, Antitrust Suits

    A group of minor league ballplayers challenging Major League Baseball's wage practices struck back Thursday against the league's bid to have the case tied with another class action by minor leaguers accusing the league of antitrust violations, saying the cases assert entirely different claims.

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