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Buffalo Bills pulled into Kevin, Pat Williams' StarCaps lawsuit ...
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[SIZE=-1]Vikings defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams plan to subpoena the Buffalo Bills to produce documents about the dietary supplement at the center of their fight to overturn four-game suspensions the NFL imposed after they tested positive for a banned substance. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Peter Ginsberg, the attorney representing the Williamses in their federal lawsuit against the NFL in St. Paul, said during a hearing last week that StarCaps were "freely distributed" in the Bills locker room and that "a number" of Buffalo players used StarCaps. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In a letter sent Saturday to U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeanne Graham and made public Monday, Ginsberg wrote he has contacted NFL lawyers to serve subpoenas on the Bills and the subscription service that provided a hotline for players to call for information about supplements. [/SIZE][...]
[SIZE=-1]Subpoenaing the Bills for evidence of StarCaps use is meant to bolster the Williamses' argument that the NFL breached its fiduciary duty to the players. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]They plan to show that the league allegedly knew StarCaps contained Bumetanide, banned under the collectively bargained Policy On Anabolic Steroids and Related Substances, and one of its teams allegedly promoted its use. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The tactic also drags a third team into a landmark labor dispute between the league and NFL Players Association over a weight-loss supplement that triggered a Food and Drug Administration recall and three lawsuits involving seven NFL players. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Pat Williams and Kevin Williams, who are scheduled to give depositions in the case today in Minneapolis, are suing the NFL for $10 million in damages. The NFL Players Association joined the federal suit in Minnesota on behalf of New Orleans Saints linemen Will Smith and Charles Grant and former Saint running back Deuce McAllister. ...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Pioneer Press[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Vikings defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams plan to subpoena the Buffalo Bills to produce documents about the dietary supplement at the center of their fight to overturn four-game suspensions the NFL imposed after they tested positive for a banned substance. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Peter Ginsberg, the attorney representing the Williamses in their federal lawsuit against the NFL in St. Paul, said during a hearing last week that StarCaps were "freely distributed" in the Bills locker room and that "a number" of Buffalo players used StarCaps. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In a letter sent Saturday to U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeanne Graham and made public Monday, Ginsberg wrote he has contacted NFL lawyers to serve subpoenas on the Bills and the subscription service that provided a hotline for players to call for information about supplements. [/SIZE][...]
[SIZE=-1]Subpoenaing the Bills for evidence of StarCaps use is meant to bolster the Williamses' argument that the NFL breached its fiduciary duty to the players. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]They plan to show that the league allegedly knew StarCaps contained Bumetanide, banned under the collectively bargained Policy On Anabolic Steroids and Related Substances, and one of its teams allegedly promoted its use. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The tactic also drags a third team into a landmark labor dispute between the league and NFL Players Association over a weight-loss supplement that triggered a Food and Drug Administration recall and three lawsuits involving seven NFL players. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Pat Williams and Kevin Williams, who are scheduled to give depositions in the case today in Minneapolis, are suing the NFL for $10 million in damages. The NFL Players Association joined the federal suit in Minnesota on behalf of New Orleans Saints linemen Will Smith and Charles Grant and former Saint running back Deuce McAllister. ...[/SIZE]
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