Entertainment & Sports,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Jan. 14, 2022
Times have changed, and so should MLB’s antitrust exemption
Baseball is the first game to be given an exemption under federal law that applies to other businesses. But that may be about to change.
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
Baseball is the first game to be given an exemption under federal law that applies to other businesses. But that may be about to change.
In late December, Nostalgic Partners, LLC, sued Major League Baseball in federal district court (1:21-cv-10876 SDNY). The plaintiffs, three minor league teams, claim the MLB is violating federal antitrust law by orchestrating a horizontal collusive agreement to eliminate 40 minor league baseball teams by ...
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