U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff. Photo Credit: Rick Kopstein/ALM
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said that the plaintiffs' "verbose, rhetorical, and largely conclusory complaint" had failed to make out that the league owed gamblers a duty to take additional action to prevent player misconduct.
April 03, 2020 at 03:01 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled Friday that fantasy sports players could not sue Major League Baseball for fraud over the sign-stealing scandal that has rocked the sport.
The decision by Rakoff, judge from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, came as a win for MLB and two teams at the center of the controversy, as play across the league had been suspended indefinitely due to the mounting coronavirus crisis.
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