In re National Football Leagues Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

2:15-ml-02668

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Philip S. Gutierrez

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  1. August 02, 2024

    NFL's $4.7B Hail Mary Hinged On Debunking Experts

    A California federal court tossed a $4.7 billion jury verdict Thursday in an antitrust case over the NFL's Sunday Ticket broadcast package due to concerns about experts that testified for the subscribers, but the move raises questions about why the court waited so long to exclude them.

  2. August 02, 2024

    Off The Bench: NFL Reversal, Drone Spying, UFC Deal Tossed

    In this week's Off The Bench, a bombshell ruling wipes out a $4.7 billion antitrust verdict against the NFL, Canada takes it on the chin for Olympic drone spying, and a nine-figure settlement to address UFC wage suppression is rejected.

  3. August 01, 2024

    NFL Sacks $4.7B Sunday Ticket Verdict With Post-Trial Win

    A California federal judge on Thursday overturned a Los Angeles jury's $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League for violating antitrust laws with its Sunday Ticket television package, granting the league a post-trial win by finding that the plaintiffs' damages experts presented "flawed methodologies."

  4. July 31, 2024

    NFL Finds Judge Open To Tossing $4.7B Sunday Ticket Award

    A California federal judge appeared open Wednesday to the NFL's argument that he should throw out a jury's stunning $4.7 billion antitrust verdict over the league's Sunday Ticket television package, saying he has "trouble" with the jury's damages award and suggesting that jurors may have disregarded his instructions.

  5. July 26, 2024

    NFL Leads Sports & Betting Cases To Watch For Rest Of 2024

    Significant cases involving major American pro sports organizations have earned extra attention as the second half of 2024 begins, as have cases involving young professional athletes, college recruits and youth sports participants. Still, the NFL remains king with its footprint all over the list of must-follow cases for the rest of the year.

  6. July 19, 2024

    Off The Bench: Trial Time For Jerry Jones, Sunday Ticket Row

    In this week's Off The Bench, Jerry Jones' legal battle with the woman claiming to be his daughter reaches a courtroom, Sunday Ticket subscribers clap back at the NFL, and soccer fans go after the stadium they could not enter for the Copa America final.

  7. July 18, 2024

    Sunday Ticket Customers Slam NFL's Bid To Upend $4.7B Win

    DirecTV Sunday Ticket subscribers opposed the NFL's effort to vacate a $4.7 billion antitrust verdict handed down by California federal jurors last month, arguing on Wednesday the league cannot second-guess the jury's findings and that the plaintiffs actually received far less than what they sought.

  8. July 10, 2024

    NFL Asks Court Not To Act On Sunday Ticket Judgment

    The NFL urged a California federal judge Tuesday to hold off on any entry of judgment enshrining a jury's blockbuster $4.7 billion antitrust verdict against the league over the DirecTV Sunday Ticket package, arguing there are outstanding issues to be decided that make partial judgment now impractical.

  9. July 05, 2024

    NFL Moves To Undo 'Runaway' $4.7B Sunday Ticket Verdict

    The NFL urged a California judge Wednesday to cancel a jury's blockbuster $4.7 billion verdict that found it violated antitrust laws with its DirecTV Sunday Ticket package, saying the "irrational" award didn't match any of the damages models jurors were presented and confirms that the plaintiffs failed to prove their case. 

  10. June 28, 2024

    Off The Bench: NFL's Big Loss In Court, NBA Agent Spat

    In this week's Off The Bench, a jury delivers the NFL a $4.7 billion punch to the gut, an NBA agent looks to get paid for work that was credited to Rich Paul, and the Arizona Cardinals try to get a former executive's defamation claims sent to arbitration.

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