April 09, 2026
Sinclair Broadcast Group is trying to convince an Illinois federal judge that she messed up by commanding it to hand over more than 6,000 documents it claims are attorney-client communications, saying the court's previous ruling "relies on a manifest error of law that will significantly and unfairly prejudice" the company.
February 04, 2026
A Chicago federal judge has approved a joint stipulation by which Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed to pay $175,000 after it was sanctioned for failing to preserve text message data from more than 50 company-issued cellphones amid discovery in multidistrict litigation over an alleged unlawful price-fixing scheme.
November 19, 2025
An Illinois federal judge sanctioned Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. on Tuesday over the company's failure to preserve text message data from more than 50 company-issued cellphones for discovery in multidistrict litigation targeting an allegedly illegal advertising price-fixing scheme.
October 22, 2025
An Illinois federal judge took Meredith, Nexstar, Sinclair and other broadcasters to task Monday for trying to withhold 6,893 documents in multidistrict litigation alleging a television advertising price-fixing scheme, finding it "necessary to level set with defendants" on their own failings to justify withholding the material from ad buyers.
October 12, 2023
Ad buyers asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday for her final signoff on a $48 million deal settling CBS, Cox and Fox out of multidistrict litigation over an alleged scheme among U.S. broadcasters to fix television ad prices, saying it would provide substantial relief while "eliminating the risk, uncertainty, and expense of continuing litigation."
August 31, 2023
The president of Griffin Communications was being negligent, not acting in bad faith, when he deleted his text messages for years despite a legal obligation to preserve them as discoverable material in multidistrict litigation accusing his company and others of fixing the price of TV ads, an Illinois federal court has ruled.
July 07, 2023
An Illinois federal judge said Friday she may have been moving too quickly when she approved a $48 million deal from some broadcasters to end ad buyers' accusations they inflated the price of television ads, allowing Tegna, Sinclair and others staying in the case to get revisions to settlement notices they objected to.
June 29, 2023
Broadcasters including Tegna, Sinclair and Gray Media have asked an Illinois federal court to reconsider its approval of $48 million in deals struck between advertising buyers and other broadcasters to end claims over an alleged scheme to artificially inflate prices.
June 15, 2023
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval to a $48 million deal settling CBS, Cox and Fox out of multidistrict litigation by ad buyers over an alleged scheme among U.S. broadcasters to fix television ad prices, saying the settlement "will likely be granted final approval."
May 26, 2023
CBS, Cox and Fox have agreed to pay a total of $48 million to end claims in Illinois federal court that they participated in a scheme among major U.S. broadcasters to artificially inflate television advertising prices.