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Shields et al v. Federation Internationale De Natation

  1. January 20, 2023

    Swimmers Appeal Sunk Antitrust Suit To 9th Circ.

    A trio of swimmers accusing the sport's international governing body of violating antitrust law by using its power to bar independent national federations from hosting swimming competitions are appealing to the Ninth Circuit after a California federal court tossed their case.

  2. January 09, 2023

    Swimming World Body Sinks Swimmers' Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge threw out a pair of lawsuits accusing swimming's international governing body of anti-competitively stifling a nascent swimming league, finding that rules barring national federations from working with "unapproved" leagues didn't affect swimmers and didn't stop competitions.

  3. September 09, 2022

    Swimmers, Int'l Federation Plunge Into Antitrust Brawl

    A feud between a class of professional swimmers and the sport's international governing body is heating up with both sides calling on a California federal judge to decide whether the organization has violated antitrust laws by stifling a nascent swimming league.

  4. February 14, 2022

    Winston & Strawn To Lead Swimmers' Antitrust Class Suit

    Winston & Strawn LLP will represent a newly certified class of professional swimmers seeking an injunction against alleged anti-competitive conduct by swimming's international governing body, a California federal judge ruled Friday while rejecting the athletes' bid to pursue damages as a group.

  5. February 03, 2022

    Pro Swimmers' Class Certification Bid Meets Skeptical Judge

    A California federal magistrate judge said Thursday that she was "troubled" by a proposed method for divvying up possible damages among professional swimmers seeking class certification in an antitrust suit alleging that swimming's international governing body is using its power to scuttle competitions planned by a nascent swimming league.

  6. April 08, 2021

    Swimming League Suit's Discovery Brawl Irks Calif. Judge

    A California federal judge grew irritated Thursday at lawyers fighting over depositions in an antitrust suit over Olympic swimming, telling them the case had "spun out of control" and to wrap up the contentious discovery.

  7. January 09, 2020

    Swim League Says Org Can't Block New Antitrust Suit

    A nascent swimming league wants a California federal court to let it update an antitrust lawsuit accusing swimming's international governing body of exerting its control to scuttle a competition in the country, arguing that amending the suit would cause "no possible cognizable prejudice."

  8. December 17, 2019

    Global Swim Org. Can't Escape Claims It Sunk Competition

    A California magistrate judge has kept alive a suit by international swimmers and a proposed swimming league claiming that swimming's international governing body used its control over U.S. Swimming to scuttle a competition in the U.S., ruling that the organization is not immune from U.S. antitrust law.

  9. June 04, 2019

    Court Says Discovery Needed In FINA Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge on Tuesday put off ruling on a bid by swimming's international governing body, FINA, to dismiss suits accusing it of leveraging its power to shut down a competing event, finding that discovery is needed before a decision can be made.

  10. April 26, 2019

    FINA Can't Sink Swimming League Antitrust Suits, Court Told

    Champion swimmers and a nascent swimming league have urged a California federal court not to toss their lawsuits accusing swimming's international governing body, FINA, of leveraging its power to shut down a competing event, arguing FINA cannot excise the cases simply because its conduct was international in scope.

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