Court Declines to Stay Proceedings involving Antitrust Suit against leagues, Media

A federal judge from the Southern District of New York has denied a bid by Major League Baseball, its various affiliates, and teams within the league (MLB Defendants) to stay an antitrust action until another an antitrust case that the defendants deemed relevant could be decided.   In so ruling, the court called the strategy of the MLB Defendants an “unrealistic solution.”   The overall case centered on allegations made by a group of subscribers, now plaintiffs, to television and I