More documents were reveled recently in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit. The documents reveal email communications between Joe Silva and managers regarding contract negotiations for fighters. Overall, it would be hard to call it “negotiations” as the UFC flexed its leverage over fighters in making them capitulate. In one exchange, Silva has a back and forth […]
Antitrust Class Action
Plaintiffs in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit file Opposition to Zuffa’s appeal for use of Silva testimony
The Plaintiffs in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit have filed an Opposition to Zuffa’s Motion for Reconsideration of the inclusion of testimony from Joe Silva. The Court had sided with Plaintiffs in preventing Silva to testify about wage share at his evidentiary hearing last month. Zuffa filed a Motion for Reconsideration seeking that Judge Boulware rethink […]
Zuffa files Motion for Reconsideration regarding Joe Silva Testimony in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit
Zuffa has filed a Motion for Reconsideration from a Court ruling in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit which sustained an objection and struck portions of the testimony of Joe Silva. The former UFC matchmaker provided testimony in the UFC Antitrust in Richmond, Virginia this past Monday. The Court took issue with the direct examination of Stacy […]
Zuffa, Plaintiffs in Antitrust Lawsuit file supplemental briefs
On Thursday of last week, the parties in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit filed supplemental briefing per the court’s invitation. The filings represent what amounts to the closing salvo in support or opposition of class certification in the lawsuit. The briefs highlight the expert testimony elicited by the parties through the evidentiary hearings that occurred in […]
Judge advises parties in UFC Antitrust lawsuit to file additional briefing to determine class certification issue
Judge Richard Boulware issued a Minute Order on Tuesday advising both parties that he would like additional briefing due this Thursday night. The brief appears to be the final arguments prior to his decision on class certification. According to the order, Judge Boulware is allowing the parties to file one supplemental brief of 15 pages […]