White, et al. v. National Football League, et al. (MLW No. 59817/Case No. 08-2001 – 19 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.) Where the National Football League brought a grievance procedure to allow a professional football team ...

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Minnesota federal judge’s decision last year that Michael Vick can keep about $16.2 million in bonus money even though he pleaded guilty to federal dog fighting charges and allegedly used ...

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The Atlanta Falcons cannot get back a series of bonuses it paid to Michael Vick, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said this morning. The Falcons had sought to get back the $16.2 million in bonuses from Vick after ...

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Jonah Mack considers himself luckier than most ex-convicts or, as Philadelphia officials prefer to say, ex-offenders. Following a litany of rejections – too many to count, he says – Mack got a job. Mack went to work recently for the ...

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