March 22, 2024
MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani enlists a Hollywood boutique to advise him amid a still-unfolding sports betting scandal, UFC forks over $335 million to settle a wage class action and Clemson's bid to join a new conference spills into court. Catch up with the sports and betting stories that had Law360's readers talking with this week's Off The Bench.
March 20, 2024
The parent company of UFC revealed Wednesday that it will pay $335 million to settle a class action alleging fighters' wages were suppressed by up to $1.6 billion, a move that comes after the two sides entered mediation last month ahead of a now-vacated trial.
February 27, 2024
Ultimate Fighting Championship has entered private mediation with a group of fighters suing the promotion in Nevada federal court for suppressing their wages by up to $1.6 billion, adding a new wrinkle to the case just weeks ahead of trial.
January 18, 2024
A Nevada federal court refused Thursday to let Ultimate Fighting Championship avoid a slated April trial on claims alleging the company suppressed fighter wages by up to $1.6 billion, and also refused to exclude crucial expert opinions from the case.
December 15, 2023
The Ultimate Fighting Championship urged a Nevada federal judge not to let fighters block it from challenging their experts ahead of an April wage-fixing trial, arguing the court never directly weighed the experts' admissibility, even when deeming the analysis sufficient to certify a class.
December 11, 2023
The Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters whose antitrust class action accuses the organization of suppressing wages have asked a Nevada federal judge to deny a motion to exclude three of their expert witnesses, and repeated their claim that the organization is trying to delay the trial, scheduled for April.
December 01, 2023
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters assailed the company for trying to avoid trial next year on antitrust claims alleging it suppressed wages by up to $1.6 billion through coercive, exclusive contracts and the purchase of rival promoters, telling a Nevada federal judge UFC's arguments for dismissal are deeply contradictory.
November 27, 2023
Sparacino PLLC has agreed to stop contacting UFC contenders who are potential members of a proposed class in a Nevada federal lawsuit that accuses the organization of repressing wages and is already represented by a group of lawyers from several firms.
November 02, 2023
The Ninth Circuit has declined to take on an appeal from the Ultimate Fighting Championship challenging the class certification granted to a group of UFC fighters accusing the organization of repressing their wages to the tune of more than $1 billion.
October 26, 2023
The attorneys for a class of Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters alleging the organization repressed wages through coercive contracts and the purchase of rival promoters have once again asked a Nevada federal court to stop a competing firm from attempting to contact their clients, renewing a 2021 motion following class certification.