A California judge overturned a June 27 verdict awarding $4.7 billion to plaintiffs in a class action antitrust suit filed against the National Football League.
U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez’s ruling granted the NFL’s posttrial motion for judgment as a matter of law on Thursday. Federal antitrust laws could have tripled the damages to more than $14 billion if the verdict, which held that the NFL violated the Sherman Act by conspiring to inflate the price of its “Sunday Ticket” streaming service, had been sustained.
