Antitrust in the News

Harrison (Buzz) Frahn, Caitlyn Chacon, Marissa LambertSimpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP On November 4, 2017, Judge Margo Brodie of the Eastern District of New York denied the North American Soccer League, LLC’s (“NASL”) request for a preliminary injunction blocking the United States Soccer Federation, Inc.’s (“USSF”) revocation of NASL’s Division II league status for the 2018 professional soccer season. NASL claimed that the preliminary injunction would resolve “the immediate prospect of being driven out of existence as a competitor,” while… Read more