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Law Practice

Aug. 6, 2015

Brady tosses lawyers some lessons

After the Deflategate scandal broke, quarterback Tom Brady destroyed around 10,000 text messages. The lessons for business executives and their lawyers are there for the learning. By Dan Lawton


By Dan Lawton


I don't follow the NFL or root for or against any of its teams. But the media's breathless
coverage of Deflategate and the role of the NFL's biggest star, New England Patriots
quarterback Tom Brady, got my attention. This was not because it was a football story.
Instead, it was because it is a tale of a classic cover-up by cheaters caught red-handed.
In law, the precedents for t...

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