Tuesday, August 13, 2019

In re NFL Sunday Ticket (9th Cir. - Aug. 13, 2019)

Do you watch DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket?  If so, today's Ninth Circuit decision may ultimately get you a check.  Way, way down the line.  Maybe.

The Ninth Circuit holds that the forced bundling of all the NFL games might violate the Sherman Act.  It's a split opinion, but at least for now, the district court's dismissal of the suit is reversed.  I'm confident there will be an en banc petition and a petition for certiorari.  Both non-frivolous.

But for now, the case is revived.