Fighters Win Key Ruling in Case That Could Upend U.F.C.’s Business
“This is an entirely novel case as far as I’m aware of,” said Marshall Steinbaum,
an economics professor at the University of Utah. Most labor-related antitrust lawsuits
concern things like anti-poaching agreements or disputes between companies, not workers
suing employers. “There’s no generally accepted precedent about what constitutes damages
arising from labor market monopsony,” Steinbaum said.