Following that ruling, the NFL and plaintiffs jockeyed for position over what evidence could be presented at the trial, with Judge Gutierrez ruling the NFL could not describe its Sunday Ticket broadcast package as a “luxury,” and that the NFL defendants can’t say anything to imply that the litigation is “attorney-driven” or bring evidence related to how the subscribers met their attorneys and became part of the litigation.
Other pretrial action focused on how much of the NFL’s history of being faulted for antitrust violations could be presented to a jury.
The plaintiffs are represented by Marc M. Seltzer, Kalpana Srinivasan, Amanda Bonn, William C. Carmody, Seth Ard, Tyler Finn, and Ian M. Gore of Susman Godfrey LLP, Scott Martin, Sathya S. Gosselin, Christopher L. Lebsock, Samuel Maida, and Farhad Mirzadeh of Hausfeld LLP, and Howard Langer, Edward Diver, Peter Leckman, and Kevin Trainer of Langer Grogan & Diver PC.
The NFL and individual NFL clubs are represented by Rakesh N. Kilaru, Beth A. Wilkinson, Brian L. Stekloff, Max J. Warren, Anastasia M. Pastan, and Jeremy S. Barber of Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, and Neema T. Sahni, Gregg H. Levy, Derek Ludwin, and John S. Playforth of Covington & Burling LLP.
