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    Three Strikes, You’re Out: Congress has MLB’s Unprecedented Sherman Antitrust Exemption on an 0-2 Count

    April 17, 2024By Peter Dourvetakis

      The Sherman Antitrust exemption for Major League Baseball (MLB) was born over 100 years ago. Over the years, Congress has passed some legislation that allows the players to sue the league under federal antitrust law. However, as it stands today, Major League Baseball still enjoys the exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act, which allows […]

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    A Mid-Flight Rest: How Will California Labor Laws Affect the Aviation Industry?

    April 5, 2023By Jose Rodriguez-Lage

    The ever-present tug-and-pull between the federal and state government was recently encapsulated in a dispute between flight attendants employed by Alaska Airlines, Inc., the successor to Virgin America, Inc. (“Virgin America”).[i]Under Section 512(a) of the California Labor Code, “[a]n employer shall not employ an employee for a work period of more than five hours per […]

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