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Employment-related disputes may have far-reaching implications for a company’s reputation, business and ability to attract and retain talent. Clients turn to Paul, Weiss for our deft handling of the most sensitive internal investigations, high-stakes employment and executive-related litigations, and business-critical trade secrets, non-competition and restrictive covenant disputes.
Second Circuit Review: Court Upholds the National Football League's Eligibility Rules
June 23, 2004 Full PDF
The June 23 New York Law Journal "Second Circuit Review" features an article written by Martin Flumenbaum and Brad Karp, "Court Upholds the National Football League's Eligibility Rules." The article discusses the recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that held that a college football player who completed his first year at Ohio State University was ineligible to enter the National Football League draft. The Court found that the NFL's eligibility rules do not operate as an illegal restraint of trade. The Court reasoned that the player's antitrust lawsuit represented little more than a prospective employee's disagreement with the criteria for hire determined by an employer and a union and any remedy for his grievance must be founded on labor or employment law, rather than antitrust law. The editor notes that Alanna Coopersmith assisted in the preparation of this article.