As the Justice Department continues to widen its antitrust
crackdown, significant cases like the ongoing NFL "Sunday
Ticket" Antitrust Litigation are reshaping the landscape of
the entertainment world.1 In a class-action lawsuit
dating back to December 2015, the plaintiffs representing millions
of residential and commercial subscribers to the NFL "Sunday
Ticket" package, then available exclusively through DIRECTV,
argue the league's 32 teams joined forces to agree to a
multibillion-dollar package that eliminated competition and drove
up prices for football fans.2
Originally filed in 2015, In Re: NFL's "Sunday
Ticket" Antitrust Litigation features two certified
classes that represent at least 2.4 million residential subscribers
who purchased the Sunday Ticket after June 17, 2011, and at least
48,000 commercial establishments that have subscribed during the
same period. Projected damages are in the ballpark of $6.1 billion.
In January of this year, U.S District Judge
