North American Soccer League, LLC v. United States Soccer Federation, Inc.

  1. August 15, 2023

    Antitrust Watchers Are About To Have Their Hands Full

    A deluge of trials and key hearings are slated for the coming weeks in antitrust cases spread across the country, including the first expected trials for monopolization claims against Google, trials in a variety of other conduct cases from enforcers and private parties, and hearings on several merger challenges.

  2. September 16, 2019

    Ex-Soccer Exec Asks Again To Claw Back Copy Of Feds Deal

    The former head of the North American Soccer League is again asking to claw back an unsigned version of a cooperation agreement he worked out with New York federal prosecutors, telling a federal judge that the document is "irrelevant and inadmissible" in the antitrust case at hand.

  3. August 29, 2019

    Struggling Soccer League Says MLS Used Letter To Malign It

    The North American Soccer League has gone on the offensive against Major League Soccer in its antitrust suit, calling MLS' recent letter discussing a 2016 corruption plea deal struck by NASL's former chairman nothing more than a "transparent effort to disparage NASL."

  4. August 22, 2019

    Soccer Leagues Say Rival Can't Claw Back Copy Of Feds Deal

    The former head of the North American Soccer League's board of governors should not be allowed to claw back an unsigned version of a cooperation agreement he worked out with New York federal prosecutors, a federal judge heard.

  5. March 12, 2019

    League Demands US Soccer Turn In Division Talk Transcripts

    The U.S. Soccer Federation should be forced to fork over unredacted transcripts from a recent board meeting where the North American Soccer League's division status was discussed, the New York federal court presiding over the antitrust suit was told Monday.

  6. January 01, 2019

    Sports Cases To Watch In 2019

    After 2018 brought an end to some major long-standing legal disputes in sports, such as a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door for sports betting, the new year is set to see more developments and potential resolutions to many other significant sports legal cases. Here, Law360 takes a look at sports law cases attorneys to watch in 2019.

  7. December 12, 2018

    Sports Magnate Facing US Soccer Subpoena In Antitrust Row

    The U.S. Soccer Federation says it plans to subpoena a former North American Soccer League board member who owns the league's Miami team to testify in an antitrust dispute in New York federal court, continuing its crusade to depose the sports magnate in the face of staunch pushback from the league.

  8. December 05, 2018

    US Soccer Says Ex-Exec Dodging Depo In Antitrust Row

    The North American Soccer League is ducking behind technicalities to shield a former board member from being deposed by the U.S. Soccer Federation in the league's antitrust suit, the federation told a New York federal court.

  9. August 29, 2018

    League Says Docs Request Irrelevant In Soccer Antitrust Suit

    The North American Soccer League told a New York federal court Tuesday that it should not have to comply with document requests made by the U.S. Soccer Federation, saying they have no relevance to the case and are unduly burdensome and duplicative.

  10. August 27, 2018

    Judge Questions Soccer League Bid For 25 Years Of Evidence

    A Brooklyn federal magistrate judge hearing an antitrust dispute between a struggling soccer league and the U.S. Soccer Federation seemed skeptical Monday about the league's request for records dating back as far as 1993 to make its case.

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