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In re National Football Leagues Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:15-ml-02668

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Philip S. Gutierrez

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  1. May 02, 2024

    NFL Throws Flag On Harvard Prof's Sunday Ticket Testimony

    An attorney for the NFL urged a California federal judge Thursday to limit testimony from a Harvard law professor set to appear for the plaintiffs in an upcoming antitrust lawsuit over the Sunday Ticket television package, saying his expert report veers into impermissible legal opinions that will confuse the jury.

  2. April 24, 2024

    NFL Can't Tell Jurors Attys Fueled Sunday Ticket Suit

    With an antitrust trial in long-running multidistrict litigation between the NFL and DirecTV subscribers over the league's Sunday Ticket football package set to kick off this summer, the judge overseeing the case is laying down the law about what can and can't be told to the jury.

  3. April 18, 2024

    NFL Can't Call Sunday Ticket Package A 'Luxury' At Trial

    The NFL cannot describe its Sunday Ticket broadcast package as a "luxury" in an upcoming trial over class action antitrust claims that the television bundle is anti-competitive, a California federal judge has ruled.

  4. April 02, 2024

    NFL Rips 'Unnecessary' Compel Motion In Sunday Ticket Spat

    The NFL pushed back against the plaintiffs' efforts to revisit discovery documents in an antitrust class action over the league's Sunday Ticket broadcast package, arguing the motion to compel is a "manufactured and unnecessary dispute" over a discovery process that ended two years ago.

  5. March 25, 2024

    Sunday Ticket Plaintiffs Rip NFL For 'Privileged' Name Games

    The plaintiffs in the antitrust class action against the NFL over its Sunday Ticket broadcast package have accused the league of hiding behind a front-office executive, with an inaccurate job title, to claim that vital documents were privileged and did not need to be disclosed.

  6. January 26, 2024

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  7. January 23, 2024

    Sunday Ticket Trial Delayed, NFL Wants Prior Cases Kept Out

    A California federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial for a class action against the National Football League's Sunday Ticket broadcast package, moving the start of the trial to June 6 during a status conference Tuesday.

  8. January 12, 2024

    NFL Can't Block Sunday Ticket Antitrust MDL Ahead Of Trial

    The NFL cannot get out of the long-running multidistrict litigation it has been locked into for years with DirecTV subscribers over the league's Sunday Ticket football package a month before trial, a California federal judge has ruled, saying subscribers sufficiently alleged an anti-competitive conspiracy.

  9. December 11, 2023

    NFL Looks To Sack DirecTV 'Sunday Ticket' Antitrust MDL

    The NFL urged a California federal judge Monday to end years-long antitrust multidistrict litigation over DirecTV's "Sunday Ticket" package, arguing that its exclusive broadcasting agreements with CBS and Fox to air free Sunday afternoon games are permitted by the Sports Broadcasting Act.

  10. October 23, 2023

    NFL Blasts 'Audacious' Sunday Ticket Discovery Request

    The NFL is fighting back against yet another bid by DirecTV subscribers to expand discovery in the long-running antitrust dispute over the league's "Sunday Ticket," telling a California federal court Friday it should not give them "a 'do-over' of [a] failed 'do-over.'"

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