In re National Football Leagues Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation

Track this case

Case overview

Case Number:

2:15-ml-02668

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Philip S. Gutierrez

Firms

Companies

Sectors & Industries:

April 18, 2024
NFL Can't Call Sunday Ticket Package A 'Luxury' At Trial

The NFL cannot describe its Sunday Ticket broadcast package as a "luxury" in an upcoming trial over class action antitrust claims that the television bundle is anti-competitive, a California federal judge has ruled.
April 02, 2024
NFL Rips 'Unnecessary' Compel Motion In Sunday Ticket Spat

The NFL pushed back against the plaintiffs' efforts to revisit discovery documents in an antitrust class action over the league's Sunday Ticket broadcast package, arguing the motion to compel is a "manufactured and unnecessary dispute" over a discovery process that ended two years ago.
March 25, 2024
Sunday Ticket Plaintiffs Rip NFL For 'Privileged' Name Games

The plaintiffs in the antitrust class action against the NFL over its Sunday Ticket broadcast package have accused the league of hiding behind a front-office executive, with an inaccurate job title, to claim that vital documents were privileged and did not need to be disclosed.
January 26, 2024
Off The Bench: McMahon Sued, 'Rock' Victory, USC Feels Heat

In this week's Off The Bench, WWE founder Vince McMahon has been sued for sexual abuse and trafficking, "The Rock" reclaimed his name, and USC defended its claim that college athletes aren't employees. If you were on the sidelines over the past week, Law360 is here to clue you in on the biggest sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.
January 23, 2024
Sunday Ticket Trial Delayed, NFL Wants Prior Cases Kept Out

A California federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial for a class action against the National Football League's Sunday Ticket broadcast package, moving the start of the trial to June 6 during a status conference Tuesday.
January 12, 2024
NFL Can't Block Sunday Ticket Antitrust MDL Ahead Of Trial

The NFL cannot get out of the long-running multidistrict litigation it has been locked into for years with DirecTV subscribers over the league's Sunday Ticket football package a month before trial, a California federal judge has ruled, saying subscribers sufficiently alleged an anti-competitive conspiracy.
December 11, 2023
NFL Looks To Sack DirecTV 'Sunday Ticket' Antitrust MDL

The NFL urged a California federal judge Monday to end years-long antitrust multidistrict litigation over DirecTV's "Sunday Ticket" package, arguing that its exclusive broadcasting agreements with CBS and Fox to air free Sunday afternoon games are permitted by the Sports Broadcasting Act.
October 23, 2023
NFL Blasts 'Audacious' Sunday Ticket Discovery Request

The NFL is fighting back against yet another bid by DirecTV subscribers to expand discovery in the long-running antitrust dispute over the league's "Sunday Ticket," telling a California federal court Friday it should not give them "a 'do-over' of [a] failed 'do-over.'"
August 29, 2023
DirecTV Subscribers Say NFL Fumbled 'Sunday Ticket' Claims

DirecTV subscribers involved in a long-running antitrust dispute over "NFL Sunday Ticket" pushed back at the NFL's request for partial summary judgment, arguing that instead of "addressing their heavy burden" and attempting to justify its arguments with evidence, the league simply rehashes legal arguments that the Ninth Circuit has already rejected.
July 31, 2023
NFL Says 'Sunday Ticket' Buyers Can't Prove Antitrust Claims

The NFL has asked a California federal court to hand it a win in a long-running antitrust dispute over "NFL Sunday Ticket," arguing that DirecTV subscribers have made their case too broad and have uncovered no evidence supporting their beef with the NFL's deal with the satellite TV service.