Orioles Claim of MLB Bias Triggers Backlash From Nationals
Unable to mediate a dispute over television fees with their cross-town rivals, the Washington Nationals asked a judge Monday to stop the Baltimore Orioles from forum shopping.
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Two Milwaukee Brewers fans claim in a federal complaint that the club offers only “small, comparably inferior” seating to wheelchair-using patrons, in a “wheelchair ghetto.”
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After two trials and two hung juries, federal prosecutors have agreed to dismiss insider trading and perjury charges against an Orange County, Calif., CEO accused of tipping former MLB star Doug DeCinces to the 2009 acquisition of the CEO’s medical-device company by a larger company.
Read moreMLB Asks Ninth Circuit to Dismantle Minor Leaguers’ Class Action
Conflicting state laws and wide variations in hours worked make it impractical and wrong to let Minor League players team up to sue their employers for minimum wage, a Major League Baseball lawyer told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday.
Read moreRetired Baseballer Sues Auction Firm Over Mantle Jersey
A former Major League Baseball player claims in court that an auction service has not paid for or returned an authentic 1964 Mickey Mantle jersey.
Read moreValuable Baseball History at Center of Auction House Lawsuit
The 92-year-old widow of a former baseball executive is suing an auction house over its refusal to return a valuable piece of baseball memorabilia unless it’s paid a “preposterous” commission, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Wednesday.
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SportsMedia Technology Corp. claims in a federal complaint that MLB Advanced Media has been willfully infringing a patent for a data-tracking system called PITCHf/x for the the entire 2017 baseball season, and that the same breaches and damage will occur again for the 2018 season.
Read moreDodgers Face Lawsuit From Ticket Sellers Over Consolidation Deal
A group of ticket brokers say the Los Angeles Dodgers spurned them when they cancelled thousands of ticket sales during a consolidation deal, according to a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this week.
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A federal judge properly dismissed a lawsuit to force Major League Baseball teams to install safety nets at stadiums, finding the plaintiffs lacked standing because one refuses to go to games until nets are installed and the other’s chance of being hit by a foul ball is about 0.0027 percent, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday.
Read moreLatino Umpire Calls Foul Over MLB Promotions
A Cuban-born baseball umpire claims in a federal discrimination lawsuit that Major League Baseball routinely denies promotions to Latino umpires under its chief baseball officer, who is accused of holding a grudge since his days as manager of the Yankees.
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Baseball Star’s Inside-Trading Case Sent to Jury
Defense attorneys spent five hours Wednesday telling a federal jury that prosecutors have produced no evidence that former Major League third baseman Doug DeCinces and two co-defendants used inside information to buy stock in a medical device company just before it was acquired, more than doubling their money.
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Woman Grazed by Bullet at Cardinals Game
A woman sitting near the Cardinals dugout at Busch Stadium Tuesday night was shot by a bullet from outside the stadium, police said.
Read moreBaseball Star’s Inside-Trading Trial Wrapping Up
A federal prosecutor and a defense attorney Tuesday gave jurors vastly different explanations of how former Major League Baseball star Doug DeCinces and 14 of his friends and family came to buy a stock in a medical device company days before it was acquired, more than doubling its share price.
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Ninth Circuit Urged to Reject Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption
A panel of Ninth Circuit judges on Tuesday appeared unwilling to reject Supreme Court precedent deeming Major League Baseball exempt from antitrust laws, despite arguments that the exemption is based on a lie.
Read moreMLB Players Can Pursue Claims Against Al Jazeera
Two Major League Baseball players can move forward with their claims Al Jazeera defamed them in a documentary by linking them to the use performance-enhancing drugs, a federal judge ruled.
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