NHL Lockout: Is Decertification the Next Step for the Players?

By Alana C. Newhook, Esq.   The NHL lockout has now been in place since September 15, 2012 with no indication of settling anytime soon. The negotiations, discussions, and meetings have proved fruitless simultaneously raising and dashing the hopes of hockey fans all over. The latest round of meetings between the teams owners and players proved to be the most optimistic since September. The progress in these recent meetings was made in the notable absence of Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLP