Major League Baseball lockout, legal posturing in full swing

2 December 2021 has rolled around meaning the Major League Baseball ('MLB') has commenced a work stoppage or 'lockout', as it is commonly known, as a result of the failure of owners and players to agree to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement ('CBA') before it expired yesterday.

Whilst not unexpected, it is the first since 1994-95, and representatives from both the owners and players side are talking tough and posturing their legal bargaining power with the potential for those battles to take centre stage before any action in the ballpark is seen.

The basis for lockout