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  1. August 31, 2017

    MLB Scouts Strike Out In 2nd Circ. Antitrust Showdown

    The Second Circuit on Thursday refused to revive claims by Major League Baseball scouts that the league and its teams colluded to suppress their wages, becoming the latest court to affirm baseball's nearly century-old protection from antitrust laws.

  2. August 24, 2017

    Baseball Exemption Can Be Read Narrowly, 2nd Circ. Told

    Despite calling Major League Baseball's long-held antitrust exemption an "anomaly," Second Circuit judges on Thursday appeared skeptical as they questioned an attorney for baseball scouts over whether the workers and their claims that teams suppress scouts' wages are truly outside the exemption's scope.

  3. July 18, 2017

    Scouts Say 9th Circ. Minor Leaguer Ruling Doesn't Apply

    Major League Baseball scouts on Monday disputed the relevance of a recent Ninth Circuit holding dismissing minor league ballplayers' wage claims under a long-held baseball antitrust exemption, telling the Second Circuit that despite similarities in their claims, that ruling has nothing to do with baseball scouts since scouts are not involved in the business of baseball.

  4. July 10, 2017

    MLB Points To Win Over Minor Leaguers In Scouts' Appeal

    Faced with a Second Circuit appeal by scouts who say Major League Baseball unlawfully suppresses their wages, the league on Friday pointed to a ruling last month by the Ninth Circuit upholding a nearly century-old baseball antitrust exemption, arguing the exclusion of the pay claims by minor league ballplayers, in that case, shows that the scouts' claims should similarly be dismissed.

  5. February 27, 2017

    MLB Hits Back In Scouts' Antitrust Appeal At 2nd Circ.

    Major League Baseball told the Second Circuit on Friday that the league's long-standing antitrust exemption applies to employees who scout players, urging the court to reject efforts to revive a suit alleging that the league and its teams conspire to suppress the wages of scouts.

  6. January 23, 2017

    Scouts Tell 2nd Circ. MLB Antitrust Exemption Doesn't Apply

    Major League Baseball scouts urged the Second Circuit on Friday to renew their antitrust claims that the league and its teams conspire to suppress the wages of scouts, arguing that baseball's long-held antitrust exemption should not be interpreted to apply to scouts, whose work they say is not central to the business of baseball.