May 19, 2026
A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday refused to grant the North American Soccer League a new antitrust trial against Major League Soccer and soccer's U.S. governing body, concluding that the defunct league waived any arguments about market definition, and even if it didn't, its assertions still fail.
April 22, 2026
The North American Soccer League pressed the Second Circuit for a new antitrust trial against Major League Soccer and soccer's U.S. governing body Wednesday, arguing that it was hamstrung by the trial court's jury instructions regarding a "relevant market" for professional soccer.
May 07, 2025
A Brooklyn federal judge denied a defunct soccer league's request for a new antitrust trial against MLS and the U.S. soccer governing body, rejecting a challenge to a jury instruction that asked about the existence of a relevant market.
April 04, 2025
Major League Soccer and the U.S. soccer governing body have urged a Brooklyn federal judge to reject a defunct league's request for a new antitrust trial, arguing a jury was right to determine there was no relevant market in the suit.
March 04, 2025
The defunct North American Soccer League asked a Brooklyn federal judge for a new antitrust trial over its claims that Major League Soccer and the American soccer governing body conspired to sabotage it, saying that improper instructions led a jury to reject the suit last month.
February 07, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA changes course to accommodate a presidential ban on transgender women athletes, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter is sentenced for his gambling-driven embezzlement, and women's soccer players get restitution for abuse at the hands of their coaches and teams.
February 03, 2025
A New York federal jury on Monday rejected North American Soccer League's $500 million lawsuit accusing Major League Soccer and the sport's American governing body of conspiring to sabotage the defunct league.
January 31, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, critics get their knives out for the NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement with college athletes over name, image and likeness rights, the family feud over ownership of the San Diego Padres intensifies, and a federal gambling probe ensnares Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier.
January 30, 2025
Major League Soccer and the sport's American governing body are seeking an early win in the North American Soccer League's $500 million lawsuit against the two, telling the New York federal judge overseeing the ongoing trial that the lower-level league has offered no evidence of a conspiracy to sabotage it.
July 19, 2024
A New York federal judge told Major League Soccer and the sport's U.S. governing body that he would not reconsider a previous order that kept alive an antitrust suit against the organizations, but he did offer some of the clarification they were seeking about market definition.