The MMAAA issued an “urgent news” statement as it appears that lawyers in the UFC antitrust lawsuit have issued a “cease and desist” letter from signing up fighters from joining the organization. The statement was issued by Jim Quinn and Eric Hochstadt, outside counsel for the Mixed Martial Arts Association: As Georges St-Pierre, Donald Cerrone, […]
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Dana White target for deposition in antitrust lawsuit
The Sports Business Journal reports that lawyers on behalf of former UFC fighters intend to depose Dana White as part of the antitrust lawsuit ongoing in federal court in Nevada. The lawsuit is in its discovery phase with both lawyers for the plaintiffs and lawyers for the UFC exchanging documents. Depositions involving key witnesses has […]
Over a year later, Judge Boulware publishes opinion in Zuffa’s Motion to Dismiss
Judge Richard Boulware has filed his Order on Zuffa’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint in the antitrust lawsuit venued in Nevada. The hearing was on September 25, 2015. The order was finally entered on October 19, 2016. Talk about a backlog of work for a federal judge. But, from my understanding, this is typical […]
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UFC files Answer to Plaintiffs’ Complaint, parties fight over discovery process
Last week, attorneys for the UFC filed its Answer to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint in the ongoing Antitrust lawsuit venued in Nevada. The rather long (27 pages to be exact) goes through each and every paragraph of the Plaintiffs’ Complaint. After the court denied the UFC’s motion to dismiss, per the rules of federal civil procedure, […]