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Boies: Stern ended negotiations. It is "absolutely clear, if there was ever any doubt, that the collective bargaining process has ended."
 
Boies: We've brought this case in order to try to restore "competitive free-market conditions. Nobody can tell you how long it will take."
 
Boies: It is in everybody's interests to resolve this quickly. The longer it goes on, the greater the damages for teams and players.
 
Boies says California chosen because Hunter "has a great fondness for Oakland."
 
Boies aso says Northern District of Calif. has a history of moving cases quickly.
 
Boies says 2-3 player filed another lawsuit in Minnesota today, and "it's conceivable that other lawsuits could be filed."
 
Boies says players are not asking for preliminary injunction to lift lockout. Asking for summary judgment instead.
 
Boies: The right way to ask for players' damages is to ask the owners to pay for it.
 
Boies: The season is in jeopardy because the owners have locked the players out and have maintained that lockout for several months.
 
Boies said a second separate lawsuit is being filed on behalf of three NBA players in Minnesota.
 
Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups are the biggest names among plaintiffs in California case.
 
Boies: It's possible to get summary judgment before season canceled. But goal is to resolve it out of court.
 
HCP said:
I wonder why Cali?
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So it will be the 9th Court of Appeals that will consider any appeal to the original decision. Minnesota because that's where the NBA to an initial favorable ruling from Susan Walton.

It's selective shopping of courts.
 
Boies says Stern's ultimatum is quoted in the complaint. "That's not collective bargaining," the players' attorney said.
 
Boies says settlement negotiations can occur at any time and "might be a pathway by which an agreement could be reached."
 
The complaint has been filed and sealed by court.
 
Boies: The players showed that were "exhausting every opportunity," and have made clear that the NBA won't be able to argue this is a sham.
 
NBA players antitrust complaint alleges league has coerced players into agreeing to anticompetitive player restraints & massive salary loss.
 
HCP said:
Boies said a second separate lawsuit is being filed on behalf of three NBA players in Minnesota.
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David Boies is Exhibit A of why people have such a low opinion of lawyers. 4 months ago he was working for the NFL owners when some players filed an antitrust suit, and now he's going to be working for some NBA players in their antitrust suit against the owners.

Talk about having no ethical compass.
 
Ooo boy, all this is going to do is piss off the Owners even more, and the players thought their heels were dug in before... ugly
 
HCP said:
NBA players antitrust complaint alleges league has coerced players into agreeing to anticompetitive player restraints & massive salary loss.
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The NBA isn't the entity that wouldn't allow the union an up/down vote on a 50/50 CBA proposal.

I really don't give a shit anymore about the NBA players or their so-called leadership.
 
HCP said:
You just described our leader DennyCrane
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I think I might become a hockey fan.

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That's me engraving my name on the Stanley Cup.
 
PapaG said:
David Boies is Exhibit A of why people have such a low opinion of lawyers. 4 months ago he was working for the NFL owners when some players filed an antitrust suit, and now he's going to be working for some NBA players in their antitrust suit against the owners.

Talk about having no ethical compass.
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The reality is that the law (as argued by attorneys and decided upon by judges) will be the final word in which side wins or loses. Both sides have deep pockets and excellent legal counsel.

I don't think that ethics factor into this. Lawyers ARE mercenaries, at some level, and there's nothing (IMO) wrong with that.

Ed O.
 
Boies says federal judge could impose "compulsory mediation." Mandatory to participate, but non-binding.
 
Boies says if mediation occurred under federal magistrate, terms of negotiatons would "start all over."
 
NBA Players Anti-Trust Suit: "Defendants have combined & conspired to eliminate...competition among themselves."
 
Boies: The owners "had an opportunity to start playing with enormous concessions from the players and that wasn't good enough for them."
 
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