Generally speaking (some states could be different, but most follow the same/similar rules), lawyers can advertise, but they can’t solicit potential clients in real time (in person, on the phone, or through electronic means) and can only advertise through tv/radio/print ads or through direct mail but it has to identify it as advertising material. They can only solicit directly if the person is also a lawyer, or is a family member, friend, etc.

16 regular season games + 4 pre-season games = 20 games total

18 regular season games + 2 pre-season games = 20 games total

You’re still playing the same # of games. Just 2 less exhibition & 2 more that count. DUH!!

I thought that lawyers actively recruiting clients for litigation, particularly class action litigation was illegal.

The law firm of Milberg Weiss in San Diego, who was king of the securities class actions, got into trouble for that a few years ago.

At least one of their partners went to jail.

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Milberg Weiss was not just recruiting clients, they were paying people to file lawsuits against publicly traded companies. And that is illegal.

While there are many restrictions, lawyers can advertise for clients.

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Pity SCOTUS takes that away a week at a time. That’s what you get with Conservative Courts … no redress. The class action law suit is dead, among others. We keeping putting reactionary, interfering conservatives on the bench and legal recourse will be but a memory. It almost is now.

The law firm of Milberg Weiss in San Diego, who was king of the securities class actions, got into trouble for that a few years ago.

At least one of their partners went to jail.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/01/news/companies/Melvyn_weiss.fortune/index.htm

Yes, lawyers are often spurred by greed. But they are still a vital part of our way of life, and annoying and slimy as they are. Without them, we are no different than any third world sh*thole that CALLS itself a democracy while deny its citizens access to the law.

As painful as this process is…it is also wonderful. The system, for all it’s warts, is working. And, at some point, it WILL be resolved.

God Bless America!

Is their anything that prevents a group of ‘disgruntled’ players from approaching the league to form a CBA? Is there anything that prevents the NFL from approaching players about that same idea?

I don’t think it will happen, but I am curious if it could happen.

A court has already ruled that additional litigants can not be added to the existing case, meaning additional players can’t request representation. So, players not included in the original case must rely on the outcome of this case to determine thier particular “best interest”. Perhaps that ruling opens up the option for a future appeal.

If I am right, the only players with a lawyer in this mess are the named plaintiffs. All of the other players are drifting without legal representation to protect their interest.

D. Smith is certainly not looking out for the average player, he is only interested in his own agenda.

I can almost taste the 12 dollar stadium beer now.

Until business people step up and work on a deal, the lockout is on. Both sides need to tell the lawyers to “sit down, shut up”!

The players entrusted their future earnings, benefits, and careers to a lifelong ambulance chaser. Now even more ambulance chasers want even more players to sign on board. The players have to be the dumbest group of “bargaining” employees ever.
The owners are just sitting back saying “by the time we drag this out and these dummies start missing paychecks, and attorney bills start arriving in the players mailboxes, they will need even more attorneys……..Bankruptcy attorneys

Collective bargaining?

Nah, collective greed.