[Mariner]

"Uh, the NBA is an organization that exists despite anti-trust law. "

But now somebody has both standing, and PROOF of harm by the collective action of the NBA monopoly.

For something that was both legal and occurred in private.

I THINK the NBA acted out of pressure from the Players Union before the lawyers had a good chance to review the risk.

This will be a very big friggin' deal in the history of the NBA. Very big.

Unlike Baseball, NBA does not have an exemption from anti-trust law.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

But now somebody has both standing, and PROOF of harm by the collective action of the NBA monopoly.

But that "somebody" is a part of the "NBA monopoly."

[Borges]

I think NBA By-Laws have Moral Turpitude clauses that allow them to take this sort of action.

[dmz]

Unlike Baseball, NBA does not have an exemption from anti-trust law.

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According to Title 15 U.S. Code § 1291, it appears that they do, along with football and hockey.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1291