In May 2025, Misha Cirkunov filed an antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa which included fighters that signed a an arbitration agreement two updated fighter contracts. From our post in May 2025: The Complaint appears to be a mirror image of the Le and Johnson cases. However, this one is updated to encompass fighters who had signed […]
Cirkunov v. Zuffa
Court in Cirkunov sets deadlines for discovery disputes
Judge Richard Boulware held a status conference in the Misha Cirkunov antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa on December 18th. The Court set a number of deadlines to determine several discovery issues including having Dana White testify at some point during hearing that will span two days at the beginning of February (h/t John Nash). There are […]
Update on discovery disputes in antitrust cases
The parties in the ongoing lawsuits in the Mikhail Cirkunov lawsuits filed Joint Status Reports in preparation for a status conference heard before Judge Boulware last week. The status conference included a disputes over “discovery deficiencies” between the parties. If you are familiar with big time lawsuits (or any civil lawsuit for that matter), there […]