Federal Judge Hands Resounding Victory to NHL in Antitrust Case

A federal judge from the Southern District of New York thoroughly checked Madison Square Garden (owner of the New York Rangers hockey team) in the glass last month when it found that the Rangers showed no obvious anti-competitive result from a National Hockey League directive to bring all team web sites under the NHL’s direction.   That holding meant the court would adopt the rule of reason analysis, rather than the quick look doctrine, thereby raising the threshold that the plaintiff wou