January 14, 2020
The Ninth Circuit has halted a case lodged by Minor League Baseball players over their alleged starvation wages, granting a request by Major League Baseball for a timeout while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to shut it down.
January 03, 2020
Major League Baseball struck out on Friday in its bid for the full Ninth Circuit to review an order certifying a nationwide collective action alleging the league and their teams make minor league athletes play a grueling schedule for starvation wages.
December 19, 2019
With former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick settling his collusion grievance against the league alleging he was shut out for protesting during the national anthem and federal prosecutors obtaining more criminal convictions in their probe into the dark underbelly of college basketball, 2019 was another big year for sports legal cases.
August 21, 2019
A year after Congress blocked minor league baseball players from seeking federal labor protections, a recent Ninth Circuit ruling has reopened the door for the athletes in their quest for better pay from Major League Baseball.
August 16, 2019
Minor League Baseball players suing over starvation wages in the farm system scored a home run on Friday as the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court's decision to certify a national Fair Labor Standards Act collective and California class, and said it should have certified classes in Arizona and Florida, too.
April 10, 2018
A group of minor league players told the Ninth Circuit on Monday that a brand-new federal wage law exemption is not retroactive and would not impact an already-granted collective certification in a wage suit.
March 27, 2018
The Ninth Circuit on Monday asked minor league baseball players and Major League Baseball to weigh in on new legislation that exempts the players from federal wage-and-hour requirements amid an ongoing labor dispute.
October 31, 2017
A pair of law professors told the Ninth Circuit on Monday that minor league ballplayers who played and trained in Arizona and Florida should have received class certification in a wage-and-hour lawsuit against Major League Baseball, saying a California federal judge misinterpreted U.S. Supreme Court precedent in denying their certification bids.