Minor league players win class status, but future uncertain

Lex Sportiva

By Timothy Liam Epstein

Timothy Liam Epstein is a partner at Duggan, Bertsch LLC and chair of the firm’s litigation practice group and a member of the firm’s sports and entertainment/festival/event practice groups. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, teaching courses in sports law. His sports law practice is all-encompassing, but focuses on the litigation needs of players, coaches, teams and schools. He can be reached at tepstein@dugganbertsch.com.

Posted February 10, 2020 3:11 PM

Major League Baseball is currently preparing its petition for a writ of certiorari after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals established class-action status for minor league baseball players in California, Arizona and Florida.With a strong track record in Washington, D.C., MLB is once again hopeful they will have a chance to sustain its apprenticeship approach to the minor leagues.In 2014, current and former minor leaguers filed a class action against MLB, former MLB commissioner Bud Selig and MLB franchises alleging …

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