In January 2022, Major League Wrestling(MLW) sued WWE for monopolizing the pro wrestling market. MLW accused the Stamford-based promotion of illegally interfering with their media markets’ access. Therefore, they filed a complaint against the sports entertainment giant for violating the Sherman Act regarding antitrust practices.

Lawyer Jerry McDevitt has been representing the sports entertainment giant for a long time. His history with the company and Vince McMahon dates back to 1987. He was handling the MLW lawsuit for WWE. Recently, he announced he won’t be representing WWE anymore in the case, giving the company a huge blow.

Why Jerry McDevitt won’t be representing WWE anymore?

WWE has been going through some major changes recently with the Endeavor takeover and this latest news may not bode well in their lawsuit with MLW. While speaking in an interview with Wrestlenomics, the longtime WWE Defense attorney revealed why did he decide to no longer represent WWE in its case against MLW.

McDevitt stated he has been planning to retire since the early months of last year and he thinks now is the good time to act upon it as he is 74 years old.

He was hoping the court would dismiss the case just like it did the first time, but nothing of such sort happened. So he believes that the case will get stretched to 2025. He advised his client to look for someone else to take his place as he will wrapping things up by the end of the year.

Then he stated that he worked for WWE for 36 years and loved being a part of it. He cherished all those lovely moments he had with Vince McMahon and stated that he would be more than happy to help him in the future in any way he can.

Now that McDevitt from K&L Gates is retiring, WWE has appointed other top names in the law and justice territory to help them with the MLW lawsuit.

WWE hires lawyers from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison LLP

With McDevitt gone, WWE hired several lawyers from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison LLP, which are Walter Brown, Karen Dunn, William Michael, and Brette Tannenbaum. These lawyers will represent WWE in the MLW lawsuit going forward.

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Paul, Weiss’ attorneys have already worked with WWE before, providing guidance and navigation in the UFC-WWE merger. In addition, the Stamford-based promotion requested an extension since they were looking for new legal representation for the case.

Things are already not looking good for WWE and with McDevitt gone, it will be interesting to see how this will affect the outcome of this lawsuit. What do you think about McMahon’s company receiving this huge blow? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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