LAUMANN v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Nos. 12-cv-1817 (SAS), 12-cv-3704 (SAS)

THOMAS LAUMANN, ROBERT SILVER, GARRETT TRAUB, and DAVID DILLON, representing themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, et al., Defendants. MARC LERNER, DEREK RASMUSSEN, and GARRETT TRAUB, representing themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Diver, Esq. , Howard I. Langer, Esq. , Peter E. Leckman, Esq. , Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Kevin M. Costello, Esq. , Gary E. Klein, Esq. , Klein Kavanagh Costello, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.

Michael Morris Buchman, Esq. , John A. Ioannou, Esq. , Motley Rice, LLC, New York, New York.

Marc I. Gross, Esq. , Adam G. Kurtz, Esq. , Pomerantz, LLP, New York, New York.

Robert LaRocca, Esq. , Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

J. Douglas Richards, Esq. , Jeffrey Dubner, Esq. , Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, New York.

Michael J. Boni, Esq. , Joshua D. Snyder, Esq. , Boni & Zack, LLC, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, For Plaintiffs.

Beth A. Wilkinson, Esq. , Samantha P. Bateman, Esq. , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C.

Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq. , Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq. , Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq. , Colin Kass, Esq. Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York.

Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq. , Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, New York, For Defendants Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., MLB Advanced Media L.P., MLB Advanced Media, Inc., Athletics Investment Group, LLC, The Baseball Club of Seattle, L.L.P., Chicago White Sox, Ltd., Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd., The Phillies, Pittsburgh Baseball, Inc., and San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P.

Shepard Goldfein, Esq. , James A. Keyte, Esq. , Paul M. Eckles, Esq. , Matthew M. Martino, Esq. , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, For Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectator, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P., and San Jose Sharks, LLC:

Arthur J. Burke, Esq. , James W. Haldin, Esq. , Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York, For Defendants Comcast Corporation, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P., Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic L.P., Comcast SportsNet California, LLC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC:

Louis A. Karasik, Esq. , Andrew E. Paris, Esq. , Stephanie A. Jones, Esq. , Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California, For Defendants DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, DIRECTV Sports Net Rocky Mountain, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DIRECTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/ka/a Root Sports Northwest.

Jonathan Schiller, Esq. , Alan Vickery, Esq. , Christopher Duffy, Esq. , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, New York, For Defendant New York Yankees Partnership.

Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq. , Deborah Brown, Esq. , Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq. , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, New York, For Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club.

John E. Schmidtlein, Esq. , Kenneth Charles Smurzynski, Esq. , James Harris Weingarten, Esq. , William Jefferson Vigen, Esq. , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C. For Defendant Yankees Entertainment Sports Network, LLC.


OPINION AND ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

These cases challenge restraints in the market for baseball and hockey broadcasting. The essence of plaintiffs' argument is that the leagues — Major League Baseball ("MLB") and the National Hockey League ("NHL") — have...

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