The Legalizer

Bettman, Balsillie, others agree to depositions

PHOENIX — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, two team owners and the Canadian billionaire who is trying to buy the Phoenix Coyotes over the league’s vehement objections agreed to submit to depositions in their complex bankruptcy battle.

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NHL agrees to 4 depositions in Coyotes case

PHOENIX — The NHL has agreed to allow depositions from commissioner Gary Bettman, deputy commissioner Bill Daly and two of the league’s owners in the contentious bankruptcy proceedings of the Phoenix Coyotes.

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NHL asks court to toss out Balsillie’s Coyotes bid

PHOENIX —The NHL has asked a bankruptcy judge to throw out Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie’s bid to buy the Phoenix Coyotes based on the league’s overwhelming rejection of him as a potential owner.

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Bidding expanded to buyers who would relocate team

PHOENIX — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has expanded bidding for the Phoenix Coyotes to include potential buyers who would move the team.

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Judge delays Coyotes owner’s contempt hearing

PHOENIX — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Wednesday delayed a hearing on whether to find the owner of the Phoenix Coyotes and his lawyers in contempt of court for publicly filing documents that were supposed to be kept confidential.

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Judge issues show-cause order in Coyotes case

PHOENIX — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is ordering the owner of the Phoenix Coyotes to show why he should not be held in contempt of court.

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Few hurdles for Canada smugglers to get choppers

MALAKWA, British Columbia — Colin Martin was on bail, appealing his sentence for leading a U.S.-Canada drug conspiracy involving aircraft. But he was still able to obtain three helicopters, two of which ended up being flown by drug smugglers.

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Moyes challenges Reinsdorf’s bid for Coyotes

PHOENIX — Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes has challenged Jerry Reinsdorf’s bid to buy the financially troubled hockey team.

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Courts OK $1.13B sale of Nortel assets to Ericsson

TORONTO — U.S. and Canadian courts have approved Swedish wireless company LM Ericsson’s $1.13 billion bid to buy next-generation wireless technology and other assets from insolvent telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp.

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Reinsdorf group submits Coyotes bid, 2nd on way

PHOENIX — A group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf submitted a bid by Friday’s deadline to buy the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes, and an offer by a second bidder was promised.

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