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City Of Oakland To File Suit Against Raiders, NFL Over Move To Las Vegas

The Oakland, California City Council has authorized an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL and the Raiders over the team’s planned move to Las Vegas. 

However, officials with the Oakland Coliseum, who are working on a year-by-year contract with the Raiders, say if the lawsuit is filed the team will leave the Bay Area at the end of the upcoming season.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Oakland Councilman Noel Gallo said Tuesday that the lawsuit is expected to be filed and announced within days, probably before the Raiders’ first home game Monday night against the Los Angeles Rams. 

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A second City Hall source said the city attorney’s office was preparing to file the antitrust suit and is awaiting contract language sign-offs from three outside law firms that will handle the litigation.   

The outside attorneys have agreed to cover all the up-front costs of the suit, which will likely seek millions of dollars in damages for the team’s exit.

In exchange, the outside firms would collect a portion of whatever dollar damages they are able to extract from the Raiders and the National Football League.   

Gallo predicted that a lawsuit against the league and Raiders could result in winning damages of up to $500 million.