Lance Armstrong Trial Could Have Landis, Nike Confrontations

Lance Armstrong may ask former cyclist teammate Floyd Landis about performance-enhancing drug (PED) use by other cyclists during next year’s false claims trial against Armstrong, but attacks on Landis’s character aren’t permitted, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled (United States ex rel. Landis v. Tailwind Sports Corp., D.D.C., No. 10-976, 11/28/17).

Armstrong also blocked the government from arguing at trial, set to start in May, that negative publicity from drug use outweighed the benefits of a sponsorship agreement between Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Service, the court said.

However, the government will be allowed ...