After reviewing court documents in the spat over alleged stolen scouting secrets, a legal expert believes the Raptors have “a stronger argument” to dismiss the Knicks’ suit.
, a legal expert believes the Raptors have “a stronger argument” to dismiss the Knicks’ suit because courts tend to favor league arbitration over litigation in such cases.
“I think it’s going to be a procedural fight,” Kevin Paule, a Tampa-based attorney who prosecutes and defends trade-secret litigation, told The Post. “I think there’s a stronger argument that the claims against the Raptors should head to arbitration because it’s one team against the other team.” Though not involved in this case and careful not to make any predictions, Paule added he’s “skeptical” of the Knicks’ argument that the dispute shouldn’t be resolved by NBA commissioner Adam Silver.
“When there is an arbitration agreement — and these are things that are in employment agreements and certainly in sports leagues — they’re almost enforced,” said Paule, who has been involved in cases with professional sports teams and athletes. “So courts tend to favor enforcement of them. So from that standpoint, I like to be on the side of the Raptors in terms of having it enforced.
The Raptors claimed the information that Azotam forwarded from his email was accessible to all NBA teams and “were far from confidential, let alone trade secrets.”“Given the theft of proprietary and confidential files and clear violation of criminal and civil law, we were left no choice but to take this to federal court and are confident the judicial system will agree,” an MSG spokesperson said.
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