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A group of business owners is asking the league pay $1 billion in punitive damages.

Atlanta business group sues MLB for moving All-Star Game Job Creators Network, a conservative organization that represents small businesses, is suing Major League Baseball for moving the July All-Star Game out of Atlanta. In a 21-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday, Job Creators Network seeks the return of the game to the Georgia capital, $100 million in damages to local and state small businesses, and $1 billion in punitive damages. T...

"MLB robbed the small businesses of Atlanta—many of them minority-owned—of $100 million," says Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network.

The Job Creators Network’s lawsuit looks more like a mechanism to raise donations and grab headlines than like a proper use of the legal system.

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the league's players union were hit this week with a lawsuit for moving the All-Star Game out of Georgia earlier this year.

The suit is also demanding that the All-Star Game return to Cobb County this summer. Author: Jason Braverman (11Alive) Updated: 7:24 AM EDT June 1, 2021 ATLANTA — There is now more fallout over Major League Baseballs decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Cobb County over Georgias new election law. A lawsuit has been filed against the league, its commissioner and even the MLB Players Association. Job Creators Network said they filed documents in federal cour...

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Tuesday on FNC's "Fox & Friends," Job Creators Network president and CEO Alfredo Ortiz discussed his small business group's lawsuit against Major League Baseball for moving the All-Star Game out of Atlanta over Georgia's new voter laws. | Clips

Swing-District Dems Break From Biden on Increased Unemployment Business owners want to make money, they want to be open, but theyre having a problem getting people, says Dem Rep. Slotkin Getty Images Collin Anderson • May 25, 2021 4:59 am House Democrats from swing districts are admitting that enhanced unemployment benefits are keeping American workers at home—just months after they touted their work to extend the provision. In town halls and local interviews, Democratic Reps. Elissa ...

Small Businesses in Georgia Facing ‘Old-Fashioned Mafia Shakedown’ In April, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced it was pulling the 2021 All-Star Game and MLB Draft out of Atlanta, Georgia, in retaliation for the passage of S.B. 202 (pdf), an election integrity law that critics say will suppress the votes of minority electors in the state. In the wake of the financial burdens imposed by COVID-19 restrictions, critics of the MLB’s move say it will strip Georgia’s business owners of the...