May 21, 2026
A federal judge in Manhattan declined Thursday to order the Wimbledon and French Open tennis tournaments to grant access to representatives from a players group, after the group claimed its representatives are being denied access in retaliation for its antitrust lawsuit.
May 19, 2026
Organizations behind Wimbledon and the French Open asked a New York federal court to reject a player group's claims that they're denying it access to the tournaments in retaliation for its antitrust lawsuit, arguing that no jurisdiction exists to grant any relief.
May 14, 2026
Tennis players told a New York federal court their professional association is being denied access to the French Open and Wimbledon in retaliation for suing several tournament operators and the sports' governing bodies for allegedly acting like a cartel to control their wages and working conditions.
February 25, 2026
Tennis Grand Slam tournament operators are too entrenched in the system of alleged mistreatment of players to be separated from those allegations against the sport's governing bodies, the players told a New York federal court in opposing the tournament organizers' bid to escape their lawsuit.
November 24, 2025
A New York federal judge has granted Tennis Australia Ltd. a stay in a lawsuit filed by professional tennis players that accused it and other tournament organizers of manipulating pay and rankings through an illegal cartel.
November 19, 2025
Professional tennis players are seeking to pause proceedings against defendant Tennis Australia Ltd. in a lawsuit accusing major organizations in the sport of manipulating pay and rankings through an illegal cartel, saying Wednesday that a settlement is imminent.
September 23, 2025
A group of professional tennis players has asked a New York federal judge, after possible settlement talks failed, for permission to add operators of the Grand Slam tournaments to its antitrust suit that accuses governing bodies of major tournaments of operating an illegal cartel.
August 29, 2025
A group of professional tennis players is contesting bids by the organizers of two of the sport's largest competitive events to toss the players' union from their New York federal antitrust suit and forcibly make them arbitrate their claims accusing the organizers of running an illegal "cartel."
July 25, 2025
Certain court cases have become staples on both the midyear and end-of-year must-watch lists in sports and betting at Law360. One that seemed best positioned to finally fall off the list, as it turns out, is far from over: the multibillion-dollar NCAA settlement regarding name, image and likeness payments and revenue sharing with hundreds of thousands of college athletes. A handful of other suits from past years will also continue to bear watching through the end of 2025.
June 27, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, a Major League Baseball star wants out of a "predatory" loan from a future earnings investment company, a group of migrant workers keep alive their suit accusing companies that helped develop World Cup facilities in Qatar of exploitation and abuse, and the tennis Grand Slam tournaments may be in the crosshairs of players suing the sport's hierarchy.