Court: Consumers Can Challenge Reebok’s Exclusive NFL Apparel Deal

By David Garcia and Leo Caseria of Sheppard Mullin   District Judge Edward J. Davila of the Northern District of California denied a motion to dismiss antitrust claims brought by consumers of NFL apparel against Reebok and the NFL in Dang v. San Francisco Forty Niners, Case No. 5:12-CV-5481, 8/2/13 (N.D. Cal.).   Plaintiff sought to represent a class of NFL apparel purchasers who were allegedly overcharged as a result of an agreement that gave Reebok the exclusive right to make and sel