October 24, 2024
“The settlement we helped MMA fighters achieve recovers hundreds of millions of dollars in lost compensation from the UFC,” said Benjamin D. Brown, managing partner of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and co-chair of its antitrust practice.
A Nevada federal judge has approved a preliminary $375 million settlement agreement between the Ultimate Fighting Championship and several UFC fighters who accused the mixed martial arts company of unlawful wage suppression.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Latham & Watkins represented UFC in this antitrust class action filed in 2014 by Berger Montague, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and the Joseph Saveri Law Firm.
“The settlement we helped MMA fighters achieve recovers hundreds of millions of dollars in lost compensation from the UFC,” Benjamin D. Brown, managing partner of Cohen Milstein and co-chair of its antitrust practice, said Wednesday in a press statement.
Read ‘Significant Relief’: Big Law Firms Represent UFC in $375M Antitrust Settlement Agreement.