MLB Union, Betting Site Agree to End Publicity Rights Lawsuit

An arm of the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to drop its right of publicity claims against Underdog Sports Inc., ending proceedings against the third of four gambling platforms it sued last fall.

MLB Players Inc., the union’s commercial licensing subsidiary, agreed to the dismissal of their claims with prejudice in a Monday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The union dropped claims against FanDuel in the same lawsuit in November. It also dropped claims against Bet365 Group Ltd. in March in Pennsylvania federal court, while its claims against DraftKings in that ...