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  1. July 15, 2016

    Tom Brady Says He Is Dropping Deflategate Legal Fight

    New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady announced Friday that he is dropping his legal battle against the NFL over a four-game suspension for allegedly scheming to deflate footballs to below league standards before a playoff game, saying he will not ask the Supreme Court to take up the case after the Second Circuit on Wednesday denied his request for a rehearing.

  2. July 13, 2016

    Deflategate Rehearing Denied By 2nd Circ.

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday denied the NFL Players Association and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's request for a rehearing in their case over his four-game suspension by the league as punishment for his alleged role in a scheme to deflate footballs during a playoff game.

  3. July 11, 2016

    Sports Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2016

    With action on challenges to the NFL commissioner's authority to discipline players expected soon in two federal appeals courts, the second half of 2016 is set to have some major case developments that could shape sports law for years to come.

  4. May 25, 2016

    Patriots Back Brady's Play Against NFL In Deflategate Fight

    The New England Patriots on Wednesday asked the Second Circuit to allow it to file a brief to support a bid by Tom Brady and the NFL players union to have a decision reinstating Brady’s four-game Deflategate suspension reheard, in a surprising move by the team to go against the league in a labor dispute to protect its star player.

  5. May 24, 2016

    Brady Narrows Deflategate Focus For Fourth-Quarter Effort

    New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the NFL players union are shifting the focus of their arguments in the Deflategate case to an issue that could have an impact on labor arbitration across the country, but experts are still skeptical it will be enough to keep the long-shot case alive.

  6. May 24, 2016

    Physics, Engineering Profs Ask To File Amicus In Deflategate

    A group of physics and engineering professors asked the Second Circuit on Tuesday to let them file an amicus brief in New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's appeal of a decision upholding his four-game suspension over the Deflategate scandal, saying it's in the interest of science.

  7. May 23, 2016

    Brady, NFL Union Say Deflategate May Take Air Out Of CBAs

    New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the NFL players union on Monday asked the Second Circuit to rehear its decision to uphold Brady's four-game suspension over the Deflategate scandal, arguing the case goes beyond a few allegedly deflated balls and could negatively impact the labor arbitration process in general. 

  8. May 03, 2016

    Brady Calls Hail Mary With Olson Pick In Deflategate Fight

    New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the NFL players union last week brought in famed appellate litigator and former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson in what experts said is a last ditch effort to keep alive a challenge to Brady's Deflategate suspension, against long odds.

  9. April 29, 2016

    Brady Takes Gibson Dunn Big Gun To Deflategate Fight

    New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the NFL Players Association brought in a famed Gibson Dunn litigator on Friday to their fight over the Second Circuit reinstatement of Brady's four-game suspension for his role in the Deflategate scandal.

  10. April 26, 2016

    NFL Flips Playing Field With 2nd Circ. Deflategate Ruling

    The Second Circuit's ruling Monday reinstating a controversial punishment for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady reinforces the NFL's and Commissioner Roger Goodell's authority to mete out discipline and means Brady may have to serve a four-game suspension after all, experts say.

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