In this issue: We’re taking a look at two pivotal cases. The Supreme Court’s American Needle case (involving the National Football League) could determine when a joint venture should be…

Aaron Panner, Mar 26, 2010 In Starr v. Sony BMG Music Entertainment,  plaintiffs alleged that Sony BMG, EMI, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group—which allegedly “control over 80 percent…

Kenneth Logan, Jonathan Youngwood, Mar 26, 2010 On January 13, 2010, in Starr v. SONY BMG Music Entertainment, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second…

Gary Jacobson, Mar 26, 2010 In Starr v. Sony BMG,  the Second Circuit became the first court of appeals to vacate a district court’s judgment which had dismissed a federal…

Gregory Werden, Mar 26, 2010 The “Sherman Act contains a ‘basic distinction between concerted and independent action.’”  The concerted action of several competing firms could be unlawful under Section 1…

Gregory Pelnar, Mar 26, 2010 American Needle v. National Football League has been variously dubbed the “most important case in sports history,” , “an opportunity to reshape sports law,”  “a…

Thomas Brown, Katherine Robison, Ian Simmons, Mar 26, 2010 The transcript of the oral argument in this year’s most watched antitrust case, American Needle v. National Football League, captures a…