11.   Gene Orza, associate general counsel of the players association, questioned the way Budig is conducting the matter.

12.   Gene Orza, the associate general counsel for the Major League Players Association, acknowledged that he was unable to respond immediately to the call from the Sox.

13.   Gene Orza, associate general counsel of the players association, said Saturday the case of Dodgers third baseman Adrian Beltre is at least a month from being resolved.

14.   Gene Orza, the associate general counsel for the Players Association, also did not return a message.

15.   Gene Orza, associate general counsel for the players association, will be at the meeting, as will a contingent of agents and lawyers for both sides.

16.   Gene Orza, Players Association associate counsel, said Monday that an active player cannot negotiate a contract for another player.

17.   Gregory Little, the associate general counsel for Philip Morris Cos., sounded a similar theme.

18.   He is succeeded by Wendell Willkie II, vice president and associate general counsel.

19.   He is succeeded by Wendell L. Willkie II, vice president and associate general counsel.

20.   However, Taxerman did not become the associate general counsel for New York Life Insurance Co. by not having a point of view.