Skating Organization Files Lawsuit: The Sports Business Daily (subscription required) reports that the World Skating Federation has filed a lawsuit against the International Skating Union and its president, Octavio Cinquanta, for anti-competitive conduct. The suit claims that ISF and Cinquanta improperly maintain a monopoly over the sport of figure skating and related markets by threatening to blacklist or banish any person who provides support to the WSF.



You can read the complaint here. The WSF's press release can be found here.



Update: ISU President Cinquanta has denied any allegations of monopolistic behavior.

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