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PGA Tour Wins First Round in Antitrust Legal Fight with Players

By BakerHostetler and Alyse Stach on August 10, 2022 Posted in Antitrust Exemptions & Immunities, Sports

On August 9, 2022, a federal judge hearing the antitrust lawsuit filed by 11 professional golf players against the PGA Tour ruled against three of the players who had sought a temporary restraining order. The order, if granted, would have allowed those three players who had qualified for the PGA Tour’s playoffs to play in … Continue Reading

Is Antitrust Liability in the Future for the PGA Tour, and Beyond?

By BakerHostetler and Alyse Stach on August 4, 2022 Posted in Antitrust Exemptions & Immunities, Sports

On August 3, 2022, 11 professional golfers, led by Phil Mickelson, filed an antitrust complaint in the Northern District of California against the PGA Tour for the actions it took against the golfers – including suspension from PGA Tour events – for their participation in events for the new Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series (LIV … Continue Reading

NCAA, COVID and Paying Players: Negotiating Payment in the Midst of a Pandemic

By BakerHostetler on September 10, 2020 Posted in Sports

In May, three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously against the NCAA in its appeal of the lower court decision, finding that the organization’s policies that prohibit student-athletes from being compensated are, in fact, anticompetitive. Last year we examined the decision in Alston v. NCAA, an opinion by … Continue Reading