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Puerto Rico Soccer League NFP, Corp., et al v. Federacion Puertorriquena de Futbol, et al

  1. September 23, 2025

    Attys Must Pay $24K For AI Citations In FIFA Antitrust Case

    Counsel representing the now-shuttered Puerto Rico Soccer League in its antitrust suit against FIFA must pay more than $24,000 in attorney fees and litigation costs to the soccer federation and other defendants for filing briefs that appeared to contain errors hallucinated by artificial intelligence, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  2. June 27, 2025

    Puerto Rico Soccer League Slims Down FIFA Antitrust Lawsuit

    A now-defunct Puerto Rican soccer league on Thursday filed a fourth amended complaint in its suit against FIFA, eliminating previously dismissed claims under the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, as well as claims that had been put forward by an attorney disqualified from the antitrust case.

  3. June 04, 2025

    FIFA Slams Atty's Bid To 'Circumvent' DQ In Puerto Rico Case

    A Puerto Rican attorney may not sidestep a disqualification order by dropping his personal claims from an antitrust case against FIFA in which he is both counsel and plaintiff, the organization told a federal judge Wednesday, arguing the lawyer is a "necessary fact witness" and therefore a conflict is unavoidable.

  4. May 02, 2025

    FIFA Seeks Fees After Citation Mistakes In Antitrust Case

    FIFA is demanding attorney fees from plaintiffs for misusing artificial intelligence in an antitrust suit against the soccer federation in Puerto Rico, with a formatting error revealing that it is seeking more than $50,000 for work performed by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and a local firm, according to court documents.

  5. April 22, 2025

    Puerto Rico Soccer Org. Loses Bid To Soften Sanctions

    A Puerto Rico judge on Friday declined to reconsider the disqualification of an attorney, and sanctions imposed for misusing artificial intelligence to fight the disqualification bid, in a lawsuit that accuses FIFA of antitrust violations.

  6. April 10, 2025

    Judge DQs Atty Suing FIFA Over Antitrust Allegations

    A Puerto Rican federal judge on Thursday disqualified an attorney suing FIFA and local affiliates over allegedly blocking rival soccer leagues, saying the lawyer cannot simultaneously be a plaintiff, counsel and factual witness.

  7. March 25, 2025

    FIFA Cites New 'Nonexistent' Quotes By Attys Accused Of AI

    Soccer's international governing body pressed a Puerto Rico federal judge Tuesday to sanction attorneys accusing it and others of trying to block island rivals, arguing that in trying to rebut claims they used artificial intelligence that cited nonexistent cases, the lawyers introduced "new defective citations and nonexistent quotations."

  8. March 21, 2025

    Attys Suing FIFA Say Humans, Not AI, Made Citation Errors

    Attorneys accusing soccer's international governing body, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association of trying to block local rivals told a Puerto Rico federal judge Friday that it was simply human oversight — not the use of artificial intelligence — that led to citation inaccuracies in recent filings.

  9. March 20, 2025

    Attys Suing FIFA Appear To Have Used AI In Fighting DQ Bid

    A Puerto Rico federal judge is threatening sanctions for attorneys accusing soccer's international governing body, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association of trying to block local rivals, after the attorneys appeared to use artificial intelligence to help write briefs containing citations to nonexistent cases.

  10. November 26, 2024

    FIFA Must Face Puerto Rico Antitrust Claims, But Not Fraud

    FIFA, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association all must face claims that they tried to block soccer rivals in Puerto Rico, after an island federal judge held that FIFA, like its co-defendants, can only nix fraud claims but not antitrust allegations.