GARBER v. OFFICE OF THE COM'R OF BASEBALL

No. 12 Civ. 3704(SAS).

120 F.Supp.3d 334 (2014)

Fernanda GARBER, 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.

Signed September 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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.


OPINION AND ORDER

I. BACKGROUND

On August 8, 2014, I denied defendants' joint motion for summary judgment in Laumann v. National Hockey League and Garber v. Major League Baseball.1 I ruled that the Office of the Commissioner of Major League...

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