Jerry Jones reportedly hires lawyer to block Goodell's extension

[Corso]

It wouldn't be the first time the new York slimes faked a news story.

But, c'mon... They don't have to fake everything and what would they gain to fake this?

 

[OldCoach]

David Boies is considered one of the top US lawyers.

From Wikipedia
Notable cases

• At Cravath, Boies assisted top litigator Thomas D. Barr in defending IBM in the 13-year antitrust cases brought by the Justice Department and many private competitors.
• Also at Cravath, he represented the Justice Department in the United States v. Microsoft Corp. case. Boies won a "victory" at trial,[8] and the verdict was upheld on appeal. The appellate court overturned the relief ordered (breakup of the company) back to the trial court for further proceedings. Thereafter, the George W. Bush administration settled the case. Bill Gates said Boies was "out to destroy Microsoft".[9] In 2001, the Washington Monthly called Boies "a brilliant trial lawyer", "a latter-day Clarence Darrow", and "a mad genius" for his work on the Microsoft case.[8]
• Boies represented New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in a suit against Major League Baseball. This involved an action against all the teams. The Atlanta Braves were owned by Time Warner, a longtime Cravath client, who objected to his representation of the Yankees.
• He defended CBS in the action brought by General William Westmoreland. The general abandoned his case during the trial.
• Following the 2000 U.S. presidential election, he represented Vice President Al Gore in Bush v. Gore.[9] In Jay Roach's Recount, which focuses on the case, Boies is played by Ed Begley Jr.
• Boies defended Napster when the company was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for facilitating copyright infringement.
• In November 2003, he represented Andrew Fastow, deposed Chief Financial Officer of Enron.
• Boies' firm was retained by the SCO Group, during the SCO–Linux controversies, in their pursuit of alleged infringement of their rights to the Unix intellectual properties. He spoke to the media about the case, but never personally appeared in court.
• In 2006, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP negotiated a major settlement with The American International Group on behalf of its client, C. V. Starr, a firm controlled by Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chairman and chief executive of A.I.G.[10] In 2015 Boies won at trial a claim that the government's $85 billion bailout of AIG had been unfair to the company's owners.[11] Boies has appealed, asking for greater money damages.
• Boies negotiated on behalf of American Express two of the highest civil antitrust settlements ever for an individual company: $2.25 billion from Visa, and $1.8 billion from MasterCard.[12]
• Boies is representing filmmaker Michael Moore regarding a Treasury Department investigation into Moore's trip to Cuba while filming for Sicko.[13]
• On June 24, 2009, following the California Supreme Court ruling on Strauss v. Horton, Boies joined former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, the opposing attorney in Bush v. Gore, in the lawsuit Perry v. Brown seeking to overturn the state of California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage.[14] In August 2010, the District Court judge ruled in their clients' favor, finding Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional. On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the proponents of Proposition 8 did not have standing to challenge the ruling, allowing the District Court judgment to stand. Same-sex marriages resumed in California on June 28, 2013.
• Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP assisted the government in obtaining a $155 million settlement from Medco Health Solutions related to a qui tam complaint which alleged that Medco, "systematically and intentionally switched patients' prescriptions in an effort to increase the market share for certain pharmaceutical manufacturers, and thereby increased hidden rebate payments it received from pharmaceutical manufacturers."[15] In response to the settlement, Mr. Boies said, "I am very happy that lawyers from Boies, Schiller & Flexner were able to contribute to the litigation and settlement of this qui tam case, which will result in important changes in the way pharmacy managers do business by increasing their level of accountability to their patients. We are also very happy we could help the government recover the money it was erroneously billed by Medco, and that Medco agreed to execute a Corporate Integrity Agreement which will govern their conduct in the future."[16]
• On August 20, 2009 the Golden Gate Yacht Club announced that he had been retained in their ongoing dispute with Société Nautique de Genève regarding the 33rd America's Cup.[17]
• In March, 2010, David Boies joined the team of attorneys representing Jamie McCourt in her divorce from Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt.[18]
• Boies was part of the legal team representing the National Football League in their antitrust litigation, Brady v. NFL.[19]
• Boies represented the National Basketball Players Association during the 2011 NBA lockout. He joined sides with Jeffrey Kessler, who opposed Boies as a representative for the players in the 2011 NFL lockout.[20]
• Boies was the lead counsel for Oracle Corporation in its lawsuit against Google on the use of Java programming language technology in the Android operating system. The case decided that Google did not infringe on Oracle's patents.[21]
• In 2012, Boies represented three tobacco companies, Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Liggett Group LLC, in their appeal of a $2.5 million Tampa jury verdict in the death of smoker Charlotte Douglas.[22]
• In late 2012, Boies defended Gary Jackson, former president of Academi (previously known as BlackWater), in a federal prosecution which alleged he and his co-defendants illegally hid firearm purchases from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.[23]
• In December 2014, Boies, as Chief Counsel for Sony Pictures Entertainment, announced on a public affairs show on CNN that, notwithstanding threats by North Korea and a hacking incident against his client, Sony would be making the motion picture The Interview available for distribution to the public in some fashion, and that the release of the film was not cancelled, simply delayed. Boies also warned media outlets not to republish material stolen from Sony Pictures in the hacking incident, with little success.
• In 2015, Boies represented Harvey Weinstein in renegotiating Weinstein's employment contract.[24][25]
• In February 2016, Boies agreed to both sit on the board of directors and act as the attorney for troubled Silicon Valley startup Theranos. The controversial dual role was deemed difficult as he would have to represent both the company (as lawyer) and investors (as a director).[26]
• In 2017, Boies agreed to join the legal team for Lawrence Lessig's legal fight against winner-take-all Electoral College vote allocations in the states.[27]

DANG. This guy got more action than Wilt.

 

[Cas2800]

Because he’s costing our team overall with his football decisions.

Glad to see you out from hiding and back hating on the Cowboys since Zeke was allowed to play. My guess is you will disappear once this weeks ruling comes out if in favor of Zeke?

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

Eh... I'm sure I read your post wrong. I tend to do that from time to time... like daily.
Never mind the guy in the corner.

No. You were right. The six teams named are those whose owners are members of the compensation committee negotiating Roger’s extension. In others words, those are the six owners he threatened during last week’s conference call. Mara’s not on Jerry’s side here, as some have suggested. He’s the enemy. Given that Kraft, Blank and Rooney are also part of the committee, and that the committee revoked Jerry’s ad hoc observer status at committee meetings after the threat was made, it’s highly doubtful that they’re supporting Jerry either, if the article can be believed.

There’s been a ton of speculation and misunderstanding in this thread. You’re doubting yourself only because you’re one of the few who isn’t confused.

 

[Diehardblues]

Glad to see you out from hiding and back hating on the Cowboys since Zeke was allowed to play. My guess is you will disappear once this weeks ruling comes out if in favor of Zeke?

So, you support how Jerry runs football operations. You think he’s a good GM? Who are these Cowboy fans who don’t hate how Jerry runs football operations ? Certainly none I’ve ever come across nor interested in knowing.

 

[OldCoach]

Glad to see you out from hiding and back hating on the Cowboys since Zeke was allowed to play. My guess is you will disappear once this weeks ruling comes out if in favor of Zeke?

He will continue tuning in Sunday hoping and praying his giants can turn it around.

 

[Corso]

No. You were right. The six teams named are those whose owners are members of the compensation committee negotiating Roger’s extension. In others words, those are the six owners he threatened during last week’s conference call. Mara’s not on Jerry’s side here, as some have suggested. He’s the enemy. Given that Kraft, Blank and Rooney are also part of the committee, and that the committee revoked Jerry’s ad hoc observer status at committee meetings after the threat was made, it’s highly doubtful that they’re supporting Jerry either, if the article can be believed.

There’s been a ton of speculation and misunderstanding in this thread. You’re doubting yourself only because you’re one of the few who isn’t confused.

Thank you! I just puffed up my chest a little and my dags looked at me like : "What? You want something?" Then rioting ensued ( blame myself...).
I calmed them down. I know you got worried... things be cool up here now though.

All good.

Oh! And thank you again.

 

[T-RO]

And I don't believe you, on this one. Respectfully.

And that's fine. I could buttress my argument but it's not worth it and is off-topic. Maybe I'm wrong, just my view.

Peace.

 

[pugilist]

welp, there goes any chance at the playoffs

i hope you win Jerry.. you BETTER freakin win.. that is a high cost

 

[Corso]

And that's fine. I could buttress my argument but it's not worth it and is off-topic. Maybe I'm wrong, just my view.

Peace.

Of course brother. Not a worry.

 

[Bohuntr97]

Why would a committee who decides Rogers compensation have an even number? Three could want X and three could want Y and nothing gets done. There's no tiebreaker.

 

[lqmac1]

I'm proud of Jerry

This is exactly why everybody that has played for him loves him. He's known to always have his players back. This will only make other players want to come here even more.

 

[rags747]

Now don't usually like anything Steelers related, but having them onboard Is Huge. Have to figure Steeler, texans, Commanders, patriots, maybe raiders as Jerry was key with their relo, Rams...that's a good start. Any others??

 

[Corso]

Why would a committee who decides Rogers compensation have an even number? Three could want X and three could want Y and nothing gets done. There's no tiebreaker.

Not much of the confines of the inner circle of the NFL make much sense.
And they did it on purpose.

 

[Cas2800]

So, you support how Jerry runs football operations. You think he’s a good GM? Who are these Cowboy fans who don’t hate how Jerry runs football operations ? Certainly none I’ve ever come across nor interested in knowing.

Come on.....I've actually taken the time to look back at all your posts and its clear your nothing more then a troll pretending to be a Cowboy fan. You ain't fooling me.

 

[endersdragon]

Yeah, just because they are on the extension committee doesn't mean they are for it. Steelers are on the committee and I think there is a strong chance that the patriots & texans are also against the extension

4 have to be for it or it wouldn't be happening though.

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

It’s presumptuous to say Jerry is going down at this point but he is betting any political capital he may have in the owner’s room on this power play.

If he fails to get Goodell out it will be because the other owners disagree with him. And he risks becoming completely irrelevant like ole Al Davis was toward the end of his tenure.

My guess is he has already rallied the support he needs to make an issue of this.

 

[diefree666]

Jerry takes risks- he is still a wildcatter at heart- but I doubt he would go this far unless he believed he had a good shot at winning. The fallout of him losing this one would be HUGE.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Pachino putting on his Eli face here. Top 5 movie of all time, maybe the best.

Al had an excuse... his face was broken lol

 

[Sydla]

Remember when people here said Jerry wouldn't do anything here and back down?

LOL. Good call.