They would still rule, buying stars with huge wages instead of huge fees, which do or may at least go to the small clubs that trained them.The transfer-fee battle was almost lost, when FIFA whose business, in theory, it was—first flounced, then floundered, then put up the white flag.
This dramatic (hello attorney fees) battle would not have happened had they had the entered into a prenup from the get-go.
Much like the swipe fee fight, the battle over online sales taxes is a window into how the congressional agenda is set not by public priorities -- unemployment remains painfully high, after all -- but instead by powerful interests looking to game a slight advantage against a competitor.
Wal-Mart Stores has spent a year and more than a million dollars in legal fees battling a $7,000 fine that federal safety officials assessed after shoppers trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death at a store on Long Island on the day after Thanksgiving in 2008.
2: The estimated amount, in millions of dollars, that Wal-Mart Stores has spent in legal fees battling a $7,000 federal fine, which was assessed after shoppers trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death at a Long Island store in 2008.
