November 16, 2011 6:34 PM
Boies Not Only Veteran of NFL Labor Litigation to Stand Up for NBA Players
Posted by Brian Baxter
Apparently, David Boies can’t be everywhere at once.
Berens Miller, a five-lawyer Minneapolis firm that served as local counsel to National Football League players in their antitrust suit against the league earlier this year, is now advising a group of pro basketball players in one of two antitrust suits against the National Basketball Association.
The 27-page antitrust complaint filed by Berens Miller in U.S. district court in Minneapolis is separate from a similar 25-page complaint filed in federal court in Oakland by Dewey LeBoeuf and Boies, Schiller Flexner.
The two putative class actions—both of which target the NBA and its 30 member teams as defendants and name as plaintiffs a range of players that include stars, midlevel veterans, and rookies—came a day after the NBA players’ union rejected management’s latest contract offer, announced a so-called disclaimer of interest, and converted itself to a trade association.
With the collective bargaining talks dead and the NBA’s 2011-2012 season in serious jeopardy—games have already been cancelled Read More from the Article Source: Full Article
