Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred pauses during a news conference in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Owners locked out players at 12:01 a.m. Thursday following the expiration of the sport’s five-year collective bargaining agreement. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, led by its current and former litigation co-chairs, has sued Major League Baseball in a direct challenge to its long-recognized exemption from antitrust scrutiny.
The lawsuit, filed Monday morning in Manhattan federal court, targeted MLB over a controversial takeover of the league’s farm system, which eliminated the major league affiliations of 40 Minor League Baseball, or MiLB, teams.
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