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Benfica's lawyers also filed a petition in U.S. District Court

Sept. 30, 2018 by Ella Pickett

Benfica's lawyers also filed a petition in U.S. District Court in San Francisco seeking unspecified compensatory damages.

In December, the National Football League (NFL) and American football club United Football League sued the five American companies involved in the attack, the NFL and the American team.

Benfica lawyer James G. Johnson told Business Insider in a statement, "We believe the NFL and the A.F.L. all have a duty to protect the public with the right to communicate with the owners of our national teams and national teams."

The NFL and the A.F.L. denied claims by Benfica, but added that it had already reached a settlement with the players, and that the club has "the right to defend itself against its own actions and actions taken by other companies which have breached the NFL and our laws in the past."

Benfica's lawyer, Michael L. Smith, told Business Insider that it had requested a compensatory and punitive damages package of $200 million.

The NFL denied that the two companies had ever communicated with the team in error, and said the NFL did not seek any compensation for any of the five. The NFL also pointed out that the NFL had also filed a petition seeking compensatory and punitive damages for the "non-compliance and failure to provide any necessary evidence."