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thehog said:Landis has received a cease-and-desist letter from a prominent International Olympic Committee member he accused of wrongdoing, and has watched as Armstrong's supporters portrayed him as an unhinged opportunist.
- Guess who?
That's promising. Hopefully these are not the same people who reported that Kiki was cooperating.thehog said:According to people close to the situation, Landis and Novitzky have developed a good relationship.
thehog said:According to two people with knowledge of the situation, Landis has received an strongly-worded letter from Hein Verbruggen, a former president of the sport's international governing body, whom Landis accused of accepting bribes to suppress a failed Armstrong drug test. Pat McQuaid, who succeeded Verbruggen as president of the International Cycling Union (or UCI), confirmed that the letter had been sent from UCI's general counsel.
"They are asking him to cease and desist from making statements he's made about Mr. Verbruggen in the past few weeks because they are not true," McQuaid said.
Meanwhile, Landis, who has confessed to extensive doping during his career, has been providing extensive information to Food and Drug Administration criminal investigator Jeff Novitzky, who uncovered the infamous BALCO doping ring as well as the steroid distribution ring that Kirk Radomski established in Major League Baseball.
According to people close to the situation, Landis and Novitzky have developed a good relationship.
Among the attorneys advising Landis from Wilson Sonsini is Leo Cunningham, a defense attorney who was once a prosecutor in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, where BALCO was litigated.
Mrs John Murphy said:The funny thing is - Landis hasn't exactly been all over the media. He's given a couple of interviews to ESPN, he didn't hold a press conference, so what exactly is HV asking Landis to cease and desist? Stop talking to the FBI?
I am actually shocked that HV hasn't tried libel tourism - it is much easier to get a libel verdict in the UK for example than the US (where free speech is protected).
Burn Pro Cycling said:If he's got Lemond's lawyers then it's bad news. They'll advise him to take the money - any money he can get his hands on - rather than pursue the case till the end.![]()
Burn Pro Cycling said:If he's got Lemond's lawyers then it's bad news. They'll advise him to take the money - any money he can get his hands on - rather than pursue the case till the end.![]()
Race Radio said:It wasn't a letter, it was an email. Verbruggen called Floyd a bunch of names and cried like a baby because he spit in the soup. Mafia tactics from the Mafia Don.
Verdurggen needs to understand that his games don't work anymore. What is he going to do, Make it so Floyd can't get a team?
Epicycle said:Hein somehow got an apology out of D ick Pound.
That is also a $600+/hr lawyer whose retainer has to be at least $50k. It is curious . . . Being bankrolled or else Leo is going pro bono to get the highest profile action.Colm.Murphy said:That is a very hardcore litigator. This must be serious.
Colm.Murphy said:The NY Daily article references this fellow: http://www.wsgr.com/wsgr/DBIndex.aspx?SectionName=attorneys/BIOS/349.htm
That is a very hardcore litigator. This must be serious.
Red Lobster said:That is also a $600+/hr lawyer whose retainer has to be at least $50k. It is curious . . . Being bankrolled or else Leo is going pro bono to get the highest profile action.
Race Radio said:...... guys that can buy and sell Lance.
Dude is forked.