U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas denied a motion from Florida-based subsidiaries seeking to block UEFA's discovery requests. The European confederation aims to secure documents and testimony to prepare criminal filings against Infantino regarding the abandoned "FIFA Forward Enterprise" plan to sell off World Cup commercial rights. While FIFA argued that UEFA was trying to derail the project and sought discovery for nonexistent proceedings, the project itself was formally withdrawn on July 31 following regional objections.
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FIFA's American subsidiaries failed to convince the federal court to delay or oppose UEFA…: FIFA's American subsidiaries failed to convince the federal court to delay or oppose UEFA's evidence-gathering efforts.
The core of the legal dispute stems from UEFA's sustained opposition to FIFA's collapsed…: The core of the legal dispute stems from UEFA's sustained opposition to FIFA's collapsed multi-billion-dollar commercial rights enterprise.
The ruling allows UEFA to move forward with gathering evidence to support potential Swiss…: The ruling allows UEFA to move forward with gathering evidence to support potential Swiss criminal proceedings against top soccer officials.
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Nov 12 : A US judge on Thursday denied an attempt by FIFA's American subsidiaries to intervene in UEFA's effort to obtain evidence for a potential Swiss criminal case against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over his abandoned World Cup commercial-rights plan.
"US FIFA parties have no direct, substantial and legally protectable interest in the subject matter of this application," US District Judge Jeannette Vargas said in her ruling.
"In light of this determination, the Court exercises its discretion to decline leave to intervene."
European soccer's governing body had asked for permission to obtain testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida for use in a planned criminal complaint in Switzerland against Infantino and other FIFA officials over a since-abandoned $20 billion World Cup sell-off plan known as FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE).
In a motion to intervene filed in September, FIFA asked the court to defer ruling on UEFA's application or allow it to oppose the request.
The world governing body argued that UEFA was seeking discovery for "purportedly contemplated (but non-existent) Swiss criminal proceedings," and was seeking to derail the…
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