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The U.S. Supreme Court again declined to hear challenges to MLB’s antitrust exemption, as two appeals regarding alleged collusion regarding the hiring of scouts and an argument that the Chicago Cubs suppressed competition with a Wrigley Field expansion were denied. (more…)
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the option of a San Jose ballpark off the menu, the future of the Oakland Athletics facility needs still remains unclear — a situation that probably won’t change until next year. (more…)
Today marks the opening day of the new U.S. Supreme Court term, and a matter potentially up for consideration is San Jose’s challenge to Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption. (more…)
San Jose will appeal its antitrust lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court, as the city attempts to reverse two lower-court losses in its quest to land the Oakland Athletics. (more…)
We may have a new Oakland mayor and a new MLB commissioner, but the politics surrounding the Oakland Athletics‘ efforts toward a new ballpark remains the same — and all sides are still talking an Oakland location. (more…)
No surprise here: the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected San Jose’s challenge to MLB’s antitrust exemption, keeping the Athletics in Oakland for now — unless the U.S. Supreme Court entertains the inevitable appeal. (more…)
Not much attention has been paid to this: a federal lawsuit is challenging Major League Baseball’s management of media rights — and it all hinges on a modern interpretation of MLB’s famed anti-trust exemption. The class-action lawsuit is simple: a group of fans argue that they’re being denied access to games because of MLB’s blackout […]
It sounds like San Jose’s day in court did not go very well, as a three-judge federal panel sounded very skeptical of claims that the city would be harmed if the Oakland Athletics were not allowed to move to the Silicon Valley. San Jose has pursued a questionable legal strategy in attempting to overturn Bud […]
The sale of the Chicago Cubs to the Ricketts family — despite higher bids from the like of Mark Cuban — is a great argument for eliminating MLB’s antitrust exemption, according for former U.S. lawmaker Jim Bunning. Bunning is also a former MLB pitcher, so he’s seen the business of the game from all sides. […]
A lawsuit attempting to force Major League Baseball to allow the move of the Oakland Athletics to a new downtown San Jose ballpark was mostly tossed by U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte, who ruled the sport’s antitrust exemption was still law of the land. Viewed by many observers to be a very weak argument, San […]