NBA vote blocks drive to lift antitrust exemption; pro basketball players ratified their union's contract and propped up the use of collective bargaining in pro sports
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National Basketball Assn players hoping to kill the league's antitrust exemption saw their hopes dashed by a players' vote that preserved the union and approved the proposed contract. Star players Patrick Ewing and Michael Jordan, together with lawyer Jeffrey Kessler, are seeking to test in court the non-statutory antitrust exemption and void the new labor-management pact. The strategy mirrors one used by Kessler in 1989, in Powell v National Football League, decided in favor of the exemption by the 8th Circuit. The lopsided vote against union decertification makes the pending Ewing litigation unlikely to succeed.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Anti-cult group's assets bought by scientologist; church gets foe's name in bankruptcy. Are files next?
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Los Angeles attorney Graham E Berry hopes to stave off what he calls the dismemberment of the Cult Awareness Network after a $1.8 million judgment drove it into bankruptcy. The 1994 award went to a Church of Scientology member, Jason Scott, represented by Scientologist Kendrick Moxon. On Nov 21 a US bankruptcy judge approved the sale of CAN's trade name, logo, desks, and equipment for $20,000 to Scientologist Steven L Hayes. Berry says CAN's records should not go to Hayes as they are valuable in other pending cases.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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When is fraud in labor deals criminal? Colurt considers if U.S. attorney can prosecute fraud in collective deals
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The United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit is investigating in US v. Palumbo Bros., Inc. whether alleged fraud in implementing a collective bargaining agreement can be prosecuted criminally or should only be handled civilly by the National Labor Relations Board. The defendant and several owners have been indicted under RICO and the federal mail-fraud act.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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