Winston Attorneys Present on the Latest in Sports Antitrust at CBA Program

Winston & Strawn Partner Jeanifer Parsigian and Associate Adam Dale were the featured speakers at the Chicago Bar Association Antitrust Committee’s March 22nd webinar on “The Latest in Sports Antitrust: Is MLB’s Antitrust Exemption Down to Its Last Strike?” Key takeaways from this dynamic program include:

• The Supreme Court has largely treated baseball differently from other professional sports in its antitrust jurisprudence
• The Supreme Court’s criticism of the exemption in Alston v. NCAA seems to have been a watershed moment for opponents of the exemption
• Baseball’s longstanding antitrust exemption is arguably facing its most formidable challenge yet