In re National Football Leagues Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
2:15-ml-02668
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Schack Law Group
- Davis Polk
- Kohn Swift
- Zimmerman Law Offices PC
- Finkelstein Thompson
- Langer Grogan
- Cohen Milstein
- Freed Kanner
- Chestnut Cambronne
- Covington & Burling
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Goldman Scarlato
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Murray Law Firm LLC
- Woodard Legal PC
- Girard Sharp
- Weil Gotshal
- Stephan Zouras
- Haffner Law PC
- Morgan & Morgan
- Barrack Rodos
- Munger Tolles
- Pogust Goodhead
- Minnillo & Jenkins
- Hach Rose Schirripa
- Goldenberg Schneider
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Murray Law Firm
- Bahadori & Thomas
- Bricker Graydon
- Baron & Budd
- Bartko Zankel
- Paul Weiss
- Spector Roseman
- Williams & Connolly
- Heins Mills
- Miller Shah LLP
- Pomerantz LLP
- Wilkinson Stekloff
- Arias Sanguinetti
- MoginRubin
- Gibbs Law Group
- SKT Law PC
- Lynch Carpenter
- Radice Law Firm
- Boni Zack
- Hausfeld LLP
- Lockridge Grindal
- Loeb & Loeb
- Kahn Swick
- SKT Law
- Rezvani Law Firm
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Robins Kaplan
- Bartko LLP
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Gibson Dunn
- Kendall Brill & Kelly
- Hagens Berman
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Swigart Law Group
- Weinstein Kitchenoff
- Karon LLC
- Kesselman Brantly
- Klatte Budensiek
- Zimmerman Reed
- Susman Godfrey
- Glancy Prongay
- Walker Stevens
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- Indianapolis Colts
- Seattle Seahawks
- The Detroit Lions Inc.
- Chicago Bears
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Atlanta Falcons Football Club LLC
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Arizona Cardinals
- Dallas Cowboys Football Club Ltd.
- The Tennessee Titans
- Miami Dolphins
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Minnesota Vikings Football LLC
- Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC
- CBS Corp.
- Fox Corp.
- Carolina Panthers
- Baltimore Ravens Inc.
- NBCUniversal Media LLC
- New Orleans Saints
- NFL Enterprises LLC
- Jacksonville Jaguars LLC
- The DIRECTV Group Inc.
- Houston Texans
- RedBird Capital Partners
- New York Football Giants Inc.
- Apple Inc.
- Las Vegas Raiders LLC
- Charter Communications Inc.
- ESPN Inc.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- New York Jets LLC
- Washington Football Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Green Bay Packers
- Denver Broncos Football Club
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