"First of all, anytime that our company does anything involving our employees, who are the lifeblood of our organization, we bend over backwards to make sure that our procedures, our behaviors are appropriate. In this particular case, we spent weeks and weeks and weeks of discussion and research to make sure we were on solid legal ground, so we were doing the right thing. I don’t think we’ve made a business decision that was more carefully contemplated than this.  

"So, in terms of the legal issues that were involved, which were only part of the conversation, we were on very solid ground. We had done our homework, so this is not a surprise today. It was surprising that the legal challenge was mounted, in view of the Labor Commissioner and the case law. We distributed to the employees the (copies of the case law).

"In this case, a small number of employees sort of irritate the rest of the group and put pressure. There is quite a bit of lobbying done by the few people and we didn’t want the employees to be distracted or confused by issues that weren’t relevant. So we distributed the information in an attempt to help them see the whole question as family members. That still doesn’t not give them the right, to these two gentlemen, to go find these lawyers, who probably found them. But you know how that works.

"The incentive for the ambulance chasers is going to be reduced a little bit here, as they have to finance themselves up to the Supreme Court, if they decide to do it. But, you know, this is a game that these people play, and the lawyers, and initially the employees, and distracts them and give them false promises and misstate the law. They can razzle-dazzle them easily. It’s unfortunate when that happens.

"Judge Herndon, of course, was very, very deliberate and quiet, and explained his position. Maybe that will help terminate the conversation. We still have the highest-paid dealers in Nevada and that’s the most important thing."