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MDL-2323 IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION
Case Number:
2:12-md-02323
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
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Firms
- Acosta & Associates
- Berkowitz & Hanna
- BrownGreer PLC
- Collins & Truett
- Dugan Law Firm
- Giddens Law Firm
- Hangley Aronchick
- Kairys Rudovsky
- Locks Law Firm
- Lorentz Law Firm
- Moirano Gorman
- MoloLamken
- Paul Weiss
- Pope McGlamry
- Robins Cloud
- Sanders Warren
- Steckler Wayne
- Welsh & Recker
- Wilkinson Stekloff
- Zuckerman Spaeder
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March 20, 2017
Ex-NFL Stars Who Fought Concussion Deal Rejoin Class
Former NFL stars Joe Horn and Chris McAlister, who had opted out of the NFL's uncapped concussion litigation settlement to continue to push their claims, have rejoined the sprawling class, according to a stipulation and order filed Monday.
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March 13, 2017
Retired NFL Players Push Back On $112.5M Attys' Fee Request
A group of retired NFL players took issue with the lead counsels' fee request in the landmark concussion litigation, asking a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday not to approve the $112.5 million request because of a provision that asks for 5 percent of the settlement to be set aside for future costs.
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March 10, 2017
Ex-NFLer, Concussion Deal Counsel Continue To Spar
Retired running back Fred Willis on Thursday again defended himself in Pennsylvania federal court against a bid by the attorneys representing the class of retired players the NFL concussion litigation settlement to silence Willis' allegedly false communications with fellow class members.
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March 09, 2017
Anapol Weiss Reneged On NFL Concussion Fees, Atty Says
A Minnesota attorney sought to intervene in the landmark NFL concussion multidistrict litigation, arguing Thursday that his client referrals to Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman & Smalley PC entitles him to a piece of the $112.5 million fee requested from the football players' settlement.
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March 02, 2017
NFL Concussion Objectors Want Piece Of $112.5M Atty Fees
The counsel for the second-largest objector group in the landmark NFL concussion litigation asked the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the case to carve out for them a piece of the $112.5 million attorneys’ fee request by the lead class counsel, arguing Wednesday that they had helped secure a fair settlement for all involved.
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February 22, 2017
NFL Class Says Ex-Player Is Spreading Deal Misinformation
The lead counsel for the class of former players in the NFL concussion settlement told a Pennsylvania federal court that a retired running back, Fred Willis, is spreading false information about the settlement agreement, telling class members that the doctors set up under the agreement are chosen by the NFL and directing them to a network of "player-friendly" doctors that he set up.
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February 14, 2017
NFL Concussion Attys Seek $112.5M In Fees, Costs
The two law firms leading the landmark NFL concussion litigation laid out their case for legal fees in Pennsylvania federal court on Monday, seeking $112.5 million in fees and costs for their work on the sprawling litigation over the league’s responsibility for former players' brain injuries.
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February 08, 2017
Ex-NFLers, Judge Push Independence In Concussion Claims
The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the landmark settlement ending litigation over the NFL's responsibility for former players' brain injuries agreed with an attorney for the plaintiffs Wednesday over the importance of ensuring the independence of the medical evaluation process, in the first meeting between the parties since the uncapped agreement took force.
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January 26, 2017
NFL Concussion Class Calls $20M Fee Bid Premature
The class counsel for the National Football League's concussion settlement asked a Pennsylvania court Wednesday to temporarily end a bid for $20 million in attorney fees by the counsel for a group of settlement objectors, saying they are arguing for fees that haven't been awarded yet, while the objectors' counsel said dismissal would just make extra work.
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January 19, 2017
4 Ex-NFL Players Rejoin Concussion Settlement Class
A group of ex-NFL players who opted out of the league's controversial concussion settlement are now asking the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the sprawling litigation to rejoin the class, according to documents filed Wednesday.