A group of minor-league baseball teams represented by Weil, Gotshal & Manges has sued Major League Baseball in a direct challenge to the league’s long-recognized exemption from antitrust scrutiny.

The lawsuit, filed Monday morning in Manhattan federal court, targeted MLB over a controversial takeover of the league’s farm system, which has eliminated major-league affiliations for 40 Minor League Baseball, or MiLB, teams.

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