When a Manhattan federal judge overturned the National Football League’s four-game suspension of star quarterback Tom Brady on Thursday, the NFL wasn’t the only losing party in the matter — its law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison was also put in the hot seat.
Paul Weiss was hired by the NFL to conduct an independent investigation into the alleged improper deflation of footballs that occurred during the Jan. 18 AFC Championship between Brady’s New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts.
In deciding to suspend Brady for four games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell relied heavily on the investigation that Paul ...
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