November 02, 2022
Teams accusing the MLB of violating antitrust law by cutting the league's association with 40 minor league teams have filed a notice that they will appeal a decision by a New York federal judge that found that the MLB is shielded by baseball's century-old exemption from antitrust laws.
October 26, 2022
A New York federal judge tossed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday alleging that Major League Baseball violated the Sherman Act by cutting 40 minor league teams' association with their major league counterparts, finding that the antitrust claims are plausible, but the MLB is shielded by baseball's century-old exception to antitrust laws.
June 16, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice has waded into a suit from minor league teams that lost their affiliations with Major League Baseball clubs, urging a New York federal court to view baseball's antitrust exemption narrowly and noting that the exemption is based on a rationale that has already been discredited by the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 25, 2022
Major League Baseball has told a New York federal judge its antitrust exemption should stop a "patently frivolous" Sherman Act lawsuit from four minor league teams that lost their big league affiliations.
March 02, 2022
Four minor league teams ousted by Major League Baseball urged a Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday to put the case on track for an appeal challenging the sport's century-old antitrust exemption, saying the MLB's initial response shows it's "terrified of the possibility of Supreme Court review."
December 20, 2021
Major League Baseball and its franchises illegally conspired to scrap 40 minor league clubs, according to a lawsuit Monday that aims to end the baseball antitrust exemption granted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1922.