January 23, 2026
A California federal jury has determined that World Aquatics illegally boycotted International Swimming League events in violation of federal antitrust law, but awarded just $1 in damages, in a verdict returned Friday.
January 08, 2026
The jury in the upcoming trial for a professional swimming league's antitrust suit against World Aquatics can hear evidence that the league's own suit contributed to the damages it claims, a California federal judge ruled Thursday.
November 26, 2025
Swimmers suing World Aquatics over alleged antitrust violations say the objection to an additional $1.16 million in attorney fees is "absurd," arguing the international governing body knows payment would come from a fund separate from the already negotiated attorney fees.
September 08, 2025
World Aquatics will pay swimmers $4.6 million for missed events in a settlement ending their antitrust case accusing the sport's international governing body of organizing a group boycott against an upstart league, while the new league's case remains slated for a January trial.
July 24, 2025
Professional swimmers have reached a settlement ending their claims accusing the sport's international governing body of organizing a group boycott against an upstart league, while the league's antitrust claims against the governing body remain set for a January trial.
February 04, 2025
Professional swimmers have again asked a California federal judge to certify hundreds of competitors accusing swimming's international governing body of organizing a group boycott against an upstart league, now armed with a Ninth Circuit decision that both revived their case and said class certification was improperly denied.
January 09, 2023
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.
February 03, 2022
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.
April 08, 2021
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.
January 09, 2020
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."