Settlement Of More Than $7.6M Approved In Swimming Competition Antitrust Suit

( April 14, 2026, 8:10 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — World Aquatics (formerly known as Fédération Internationale de Natation [FINA]) will pay $7,627,084 and change restrictions for professional swimmers to end a more than seven-year-long class lawsuit by swimmers who accused it of antitrust violations arising from its control of international swimming competitions and swimmers’ pay, according to an order by a federal judge in California granting final settlement approval....