In re National Football Leagues Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:15-ml-02668

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpo

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April 21, 2021
DirecTV Hands Off Bars' 'Sunday Ticket' Claims To Arbitration

A California federal judge has ordered a proposed class of bar and restaurant owners to arbitrate their claims accusing DirecTV of monopolizing Sunday NFL football broadcasts, shooting down their argument that the pay-TV provider's prolonged litigation in federal court meant they weren't eligible for arbitration.
March 08, 2021
DirecTV Can't Push 'Sunday Ticket' Suit To Arb., Subs Say

Bar and restaurant owners pushed back against DirecTV's bid to force them to arbitrate claims the company monopolized Sunday football broadcasts through an exclusive package deal with the NFL, arguing the pay TV provider was fine with litigating the claims in court so long as the court sided with it.
February 16, 2021
Arbiters Should Make Call In NFL Game Suit, DirecTV Says

DirecTV renewed an effort in California federal court to push into arbitration claims it monopolized Sunday game broadcasts through an exclusive package deal with the National Football League.
June 30, 2017
Subscribers Fumbled NFL Sunday Ticket Dispute, Judge Says

A California federal judge on Friday dismissed multidistrict antitrust litigation against the National Football League and DirecTV over their Sunday Ticket viewing package, ruling that the subscribers haven't proven an antitrust injury.
February 13, 2017
NFL, DirecTV Ask Judge To Sack Sunday Ticket Antitrust Suit

The NFL and DirecTV separately urged a California federal judge on Monday to kick subscribers' antitrust suit challenging the legality of their exclusive Sunday Ticket package out of court, with DirecTV seeking arbitration and the NFL arguing the suit is based on a "fundamentally cockeyed notion."
December 15, 2016
Fox, CBS To Hand Over NFL Deal Docs In Sunday Ticket Case

Broadcasters Fox and CBS have agreed to hand over redacted documents in California federal court related to their lucrative television rights deals with the National Football League to plaintiffs alleging the NFL's exclusive Sunday Ticket package with DirecTV to show out-of-market games violates federal antitrust law.
October 25, 2016
NFL Says Sunday Ticket Subscribers Have No Antitrust Case

The National Football League on Monday continued its bid to escape a multidistrict litigation alleging its exclusive Sunday Ticket package with DirecTV violates federal antitrust law, telling a California federal judge that the commercial subscribers bringing the suit failed to show an antitrust violation.
October 04, 2016
Subscribers Want Arbitration Sacked In NFL Antitrust MDL

Commercial subscribers in multidistrict litigation alleging the National Football League's exclusive Sunday Ticket package with DirecTV violates federal antitrust law urged a California federal judge on Monday to deny a bid to compel arbitration in the suit, arguing no agreement to arbitrate exists.
September 23, 2016
NFL-DirecTV 'Unquestionably Anti-Competitive,' Court Told

DirecTV subscribers blasted the National Football League on Thursday for trying to evade multidistrict litigation alleging the NFL's exclusive Sunday Ticket package with the broadcaster violates federal antitrust law, arguing there's nothing "pro-competitive" about the arrangement.
August 18, 2016
NFL Must Play Good Defense In DirecTV Sunday Ticket Row

Millions of NFL fans will be tuning in on Sundays this fall to watch their local teams, but only those with DirecTV will be able to watch every game every week under the league's exclusive deal with the satellite provider. That deal is under attack from disgruntled subscribers who say it inflates prices, and experts say the litigation could cause problems for the NFL's lucrative deal.

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