Lawsuit As Negotiation
It is a time honored tactic in a business negotiation (whether it be a corporate takeover or a contract dispute.) We see it now in a somewhat different context - the negotiations of the potential mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Mayweather appeared to be attempting to leverage his demand for Olympic style drug testing for the proposed fight in order to gain some concessions in the negotiations. Or so it appeared to me. The gist of the tactic was rather remarkable - accuse the Pac Man of being a doper and demand the Olympic drug testing standards be imposed for the one fight between Mayweather and Pac-Man. Strangely enough, the Mayweather camp, which includes Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Productions - represents the fighter Shane Mosely - who has admitted to using steroids. Something about glass houses comes to mind.
In any event, the Pacquiao camp, led by promoter Bob Arum, fired back - with a defamation lawsuit:
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