Three Big Law firms—Baker McKenzie, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—are representing 11 pro golfers who have defected to the PGA Tour’s new Saudi-backed rival, LIV Golf, court filings show.
The golfers, including Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau, filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against the PGA in a federal court in San Francisco.
The PGA, which is the organizing body for professional golf tours in the US and Canada, has retained Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Keker Van Nest & Peters to advise on antitrust-related matters, a spokeswoman for the tour said.
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