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U.S. Soccer and MLS trial nears end as league and federation defend $500M NASL lawsuit
The $500million antitrust lawsuit filed by the North American Soccer League against the U.S. Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer is nearing its end, with jury deliberations to begin on Monday.
U.S. Soccer and MLS win $500 million antitrust lawsuit brought by NASL
A jury has ruled in favor of U.S. Soccer and Major League Soccer in a $500 million antitrust lawsuit filed by the North American Soccer League.
Jury sides with U.S. Soccer in $500M antitrust trial over NASL
The U.S. Soccer Federation did not violate antitrust laws when it declined to recognize the North American Soccer League as a Division II league, according to a federal jury in New York on Monday.
Jury backs MLS, USSF in NASL lawsuit
A New York court has ruled that Major League Soccer (MLS) and the US Soccer Federation (USSF) did not break competition laws in denying the North American Soccer League (NASL) a licence to continue
US Soccer defeats failed league's antitrust lawsuit
The U.S. Soccer Federation won a jury verdict in Brooklyn on Monday in a civil antitrust case brought by a defunct league that had accused the group of an unlawful scheme to curb competition for top-tier men's professional soccer.
North American Soccer League’s lawsuit against US Soccer Federation, MLS is dismissed
A federal court jury has sided with the U.S. Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer in an antitrust lawsuit brought against the organizations by a now-defunct league that sued after it did not have its second-tier status renewed.
U.S. Soccer Wins $500M Antitrust Trial Over NASL
A federal jury in New York on Monday found that the U.S. Soccer Federation did not violate antitrust law in its handling of the North American Soccer League, which operated between 2011 and 2017 and argued that U.
Jury sides with MLS, USSF in NASL anti-trust suit
A federal jury has found in favor of the U.S. Soccer Federation and MLS in the antitrust lawsuit filed against the two entities by the North American Soccer League.
NASL failed to prove USSF and MLS conspired against it, jury decides
The decision puts an end to a years-long legal battle that attorneys representing USSF and MLS have described as “false accusations”.
NASL fail to convince jury of alleged MLS-US Soccer conspiracy
The NASL operated as a second-tier league with Division 2 status - underneath MLS - between 2011 and 2017, but then was discontinued in 2018 after the decision by US Soccer to wit
'Serious Legal Errors'?: Rival League May Appeal Following Dismissal of Soccer Antitrust Case
"We fundamentally disagree with the idea this court made any errors," Latham & Watkins partner Larry Buterman said after a ...
23XI Faces Worrying Reality After NASCAR Lawyer Crushes $500M Soccer Lawsuit
XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports face an uphill legal battle in their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, with a ...
US Soccer, MLS Win Pro League Monopoly Suit, Avoid Damages (1)
US Soccer and Major League Soccer were cleared Monday by a federal jury of allegations they colluded to prevent a now-defunct ...
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Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing sees Front Row lawyer beaten in another antitrust lawsuit
The attorney representing 23XI Racing and Front Row against NASCAR in an antitrust lawsuit has lost a separate case involving ...
Billionaire Soccer Exec Admits During Antitrust Trial Using A Burner Account To Disparage MLS
A wild, rather star-studded sports-related antitrust trial is currently taking place in a Brooklyn federal court. The case ...