Norris v. NBA Properties, Inc.: Sometimes It Helps to Have a Lawyer

By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer   Paul Norris had an idea. He approached the NBA hoping to sell his idea. Norris met with a representative of the NBA and shared his idea, but he had not used a lawyer to protect his interest. The NBA “politely told (Norris) that the NBA was not interested” but, according to Norris, it “stole his idea and implemented it without compensating him.” So, Norris sued the NBA (Norris v. NBA Props., Adam Silver, Scott Stanchak, Anil V. George; Benjamin Aronson