LAUMANN v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Nos. 12 Civ. 1817 (SAS), 12 Civ. 3074 (SAS).

907 F.Supp.2d 465 (2012)

Thomas LAUMANN, Fernanda Garber, Robert Silver, Garrett Traub, David Dillon and Peter Herman, representing themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, et al., Defendants. Fernanda Garber, Marc Lerner, Derek Rasmussen, Robert Silver, Garrett Traub, and Peter Herman 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.

December 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Costello, Esq. , Gary E. Klein, Esq. , Kevin R. Costello, Esq. , Klein, Kavanagh, Costello, LLP, Boston, MA, Edward A. Diver, Esq. , Howard I. Langer, Esq. , Peter E. Leckman, Esq. , Langer, Grogan & Diver, P.C., Robert LaRocca, Esq. , Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Michael Morris Buchman, Esq. , John A. Ioannou, Esq. , Pomerantz, Haudek, Block, Grossman & Gross LLP, Alex Schmidt, Esq. , Mary Jane Fait, Esq. , Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz LLP, J. Douglas Richards, Esq. , Jeffrey Dubner, Esq. , Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq. , Carl Clyde Forbes, Esq. , Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq. , Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq. , Robert Davis Forbes, Esq. , Proskauer Rose LLP, Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq. , Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, NY, 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, NY, for Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectacor, 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.

Andrew E. Paris, Esq. , Joann M. Wakana, Esq. , Louis A. Karasik, Esq. , Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, CA, 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/k/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DirecTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Northwest.

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

Jonathan D. Schiller, Esq. , Alan Vickery, Esq. , Christopher Duffy, Esq. , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY, for Yankees Entertainment and Sports Networks, LLC and New York Yankees Partnership.

Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq. , Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq. , Ben M. Harrington, Esq. , Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver and Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs bring this consolidated putative class action against the National Hockey League ("NHL") and Major League Baseball ("MLB"), various clubs within the Leagues, regional sports networks ("RSNs") that televise the games, and Comcast and DirecTV, multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs").1 Plaintiffs challenge "defendants'... agreements...

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