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FIFA, US Soccer Federation gain dismissal of antitrust lawsuit over territorial restrictions on league games

By Michael Acton
  • 20 Jul 2021 16:46
  • 20 Jul 2021 16:46
FIFA and the US Soccer Federation have gotten an antitrust lawsuit dismissed from sports promoter Relevent Sports, which accused them of illegally conspiring to shut down plans to host Spanish and Ecuadorian league games in the US.
US District Judge Valerie Caproni of the Southern District of New York ruled

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Michael Acton

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Michael is a senior correspondent for MLex in San Francisco, where he moved in 2020 after working in our Brussels bureau. Before joining MLex, he reported on EU politics as the Financial Times’ Nico Colchester Fellow in Brussels. Michael has a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, and a degree in History and French from University College London and Paris IV Sorbonne.

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