Sidley, Winston Lead Legal Field for Baseball’s Growing Union

The Major League Baseball Players Association paid nearly $3.7 million to law firms and other external legal services providers last year, according to a newly filed financial statement.

Sidley Austin and Winston & Strawn, a pair of longtime legal advisers to the union, received the bulk of that sum by collective billing for almost $2.4 million. The MLBPA’s legal fees for fiscal 2022 are up slightly from the $3.5 million it paid out the year prior.

The union agreed last year to join the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of US labor organizations. It also expanded its own ranks through ...