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THOMAS GLOBAL GROUP L.L.C. v. WATKINS et al

  1. April 19, 2017

    Ex-NFLer Settles $1M Fraud Suit In NJ Against Ala. Atty

    A New Jersey federal judge said Wednesday that a former NFL linebacker's business has settled its lawsuit against an Alabama attorney and various entities he controls for allegedly failing to pay back a $1 million investment in the lawyer's waste-to-energy business.

  2. July 20, 2016

    Ala. Law Firm Spared Return To Ex-NFLer's $1M Fraud Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge declined to reconsider his February opinion letting a law firm escape a suit accusing its owner of failing to pay back a former NFL player’s $1 million investment in his waste-to-energy business, ruling that the player failed to show the firm constitutes the owner’s alter ego.

  3. April 01, 2016

    Ex-NFLer Says Ala. Law Firm Belongs In $1M Fraud Suit

    A former NFL linebacker argued Thursday that a New Jersey federal court erred when cutting an Alabama attorney's law firm from his suit accusing the lawyer of losing his $1 million investment in a waste-to-energy business, saying the court overlooked key evidence when reaching its ruling.

  4. March 22, 2016

    Atty Wants Law Firm Kept Out Of Ex-NFLer's Fraud Suit

    There was no clear error in a New Jersey federal judge's decision to cut an Alabama attorney's corporate legal entity from a former NFL linebacker's fraud suit accusing the lawyer of losing his $1 million investment in a waste-to-energy business, the attorney's counsel said Monday, urging the judge not to revisit the ruling.

  5. March 02, 2016

    Ex-NFLer Wants Ala. Law Firm Back In His $1M Fraud Suit

    A former NFL linebacker's company told a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday that the law firm of an attorney the company is suing for allegedly losing a $1 million investment in a waste-to-energy business was wrongfully dismissed from the case, saying submitted declarations properly allege the firm is an alter ego.

  6. February 22, 2016

    Ala. Law Firm Dropped From Ex-NFLer's $1M Fraud Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge dismissed an Alabama attorney's firm from a former NFL linebacker's suit accusing the lawyer of losing his $1 million investment in a waste-to-energy business, stating Monday that the player failed to show the firm's relation to the suit.

  7. August 12, 2015

    Ex-NFL Player's Brief In Fraud Suit Was Improper, Court Told

    The attorney who owns the waste-to-energy business accused of losing a former NFL linebacker's $1 million investment told a New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday that the player wasn't granted leave to file a brief supporting his effort to obtain financial documents supposedly proving his fraud allegations.

  8. August 10, 2015

    Ex-NFL Player Urges Doc Turnover In Atty Investment Row

    A former NFL linebacker's business entity that lost $1 million investing in a waste-to-energy business told New Jersey federal court Monday that the attorney who owns the business should turn over certain financial documents, arguing the disclosure will prove its fraud allegations.

  9. October 17, 2014

    Ex-NFLer Hamstrings Subpoenas In Atty Investment Row

    The battle between a former NFL player and a prominent attorney over a $1 million investment lost in a waste-to-energy business recently grew more contentious, with a New Jersey federal judge curtailing, but not quashing, subpoenas for the player's financial records. 

  10. August 20, 2014

    NFL Star's Lost Investment Suit A 'Shakedown,' Ala. Atty Says

    A prominent Alabama attorney on Tuesday struck back against a former NFL star's claim that he was defrauded out of a $1 million investment in the lawyer's waste-to-energy business, calling the lawsuit a "shakedown" and dismissing claims the energy company's parent is actually a Ponzi scheme.