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Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - February 2025 #3

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Kansas State baseball player Cary Arbolida became the latest former JUCO athlete to file a lawsuit against the NCAA. He played three years of JUCO ball – including the COVID-impacted 2020 campaign – before spending the last...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Unionization of minor league baseball presents interesting issues

The game has changed. On August 29, the Major League Baseball Players Association, the union representing players in Major League Baseball, announced that it was assisting players in Minor League Baseball in seeking to...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

MLB Ticket Holders Left With One Strike to Keep Ticket Merchants in COVID Refund Class Action

In a series of orders issued earlier this month, Judge Dale S. Fischer of the Central District of California dealt two strikes to putative class claims against ticket merchants Ticketmaster/LiveNation and StubHub that seek...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Homesick for Home Games: Plaintiffs File Class-Action Suit Against MLB Demanding Refunds for Tickets

COVID-19 has changed the daily lives for all Americans, and this includes a spring with no baseball. Fans across the nation had tickets in hand for the 15 games set for Opening Day on March 26, 2020. However, on March 12,...more

Bilzin Sumberg

COVID-19 Sparks Rapid Rise in “Cancellation” and “Refund” Litigation

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A proposed class action filed in federal court in California on April 20 demands refunds for all fans who purchased tickets to Major League Baseball (MLB) games that have been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Minor League Baseball Players Take a Swing at MLB in Antitrust Suit

Several minor league baseball players have filed an antitrust class action against Major League Baseball, alleging that MLB and its teams operate as a cartel to impose restrictive contracts on minor league players. The suit,...more

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