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

  1. July 19, 2024

    MLS, US Soccer Can't Get Redo On Antitrust Suit Preservation

    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.

  2. July 11, 2024

    NASL Said Soccer Orgs. Have No Legal Basis For Ruling Redo

    The North American Soccer League told a New York federal court that it should not revisit its decision to keep alive an antitrust lawsuit against MLS and the sport's U.S. governing body because not liking the outcome is not a valid reason for a review.

  3. June 27, 2024

    US Soccer, MLS Want Review Of NASL Antitrust Case Order

    Major League Soccer and the sport's U.S. governing body are asking a New York federal court to clarify a decision that leaves them on the hook for the North American Soccer League's antitrust lawsuit, saying the order ignores their request for summary judgment on conspiracy allegations.

  4. June 12, 2024

    League's Antitrust Case Against US Soccer, MLS Survives

    Major League Soccer and the sport's U.S. governing body must face allegations that they colluded to impose standards in a lopsided manner in order to hamper the North American Soccer League, after a New York federal judge refused to toss the claim.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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."

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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