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  1. January 18, 2024

    UFC Loses Bid To End Wage Suppression Case Ahead Of Trial

    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.

  2. December 15, 2023

    UFC Defends Renewed Attack On Fighters' Experts

    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.

  3. December 11, 2023

    UFC Fighters Blast '11th Hour' Bid To Cut Experts, Delay Trial

    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.

  4. December 01, 2023

    Fighters Say UFC Can't Avoid Wage Suppression Trial

    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.  

  5. November 27, 2023

    Firm Bows Out Of Pursuing UFC Fighters For Wage Claims

    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.

  6. November 02, 2023

    9th Circ. Won't Hear UFC Appeal Of Fighter Wage Class Cert.

    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.

  7. October 26, 2023

    Attys For UFC Wage Class Want Rival Firm To Back Off

    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.

  8. August 31, 2023

    Chamber Backs UFC's Class Cert. Appeal At 9th Circ.

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sought Wednesday to back Ultimate Fighting Championship's bid for Ninth Circuit intervention against the certification of a class of fighters whose claims of repressed wages could top $4.8 billion, with the trade group arguing the district judge made a "classic" mistake.

  9. August 24, 2023

    At 9th Circ., UFC Says Class Cert. Could Force Settlement

    The Ultimate Fighting Championship sought Ninth Circuit intervention Wednesday against fighters accusing it of antitrust violations, warning that newly granted class certification could force a settlement lest it face damages that could top $4.8 billion on allegations around coercive, exclusive contracts and the purchase of rival promoters.

  10. August 09, 2023

    UFC Fighters Get Class Cert In Wage-Suppression Suit

    A Nevada federal judge gave Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters a crucial, long-awaited win Wednesday with the certification of one of two proposed classes in an antitrust suit alleging the organization repressed wages by up to $1.6 billion through coercive, exclusive contracts and the purchase of rival promoters.

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