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Following up on the ongoing story. ... Pre-mediation settlement talks between U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan and the Brady and Eller classes wrapped up after meeting for four hours in Boylan's chambers Monday. Reported by NFL.com

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Judge Susan Nelson, who heard the Brady class' request for an injunction to lift the NFL lockout Wednesday, ordered the mediation Monday and consolidated the cases of Brady et al v. National Football League et al and Eller et al v. National Football League et al. ... Boylan will use the next two days to catch up on the issues between the parties, hearing the players' side Tuesday and the league's side Wednesday before bringing both together for the first time Thursday morning. The talks represent the first negotiating sessions between the NFL and the players since 16 days of discussions at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service before mediator George Cohen ended March 11. That also was the day the NFLPA decertified as a union and the NFL imposed the ongoing lockout.

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