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MDL-2323 IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION

  1. August 28, 2018

    Locks Law Firm Can't Stop NFL Concussion Award Objection

    Locks Law Firm, which represents former NFL players in a landmark concussion settlement, can't kill outright an objection the NFL lodged to one player's approval for benefits, the Pennsylvania federal court overseeing the settlement ruled Monday, setting the stage for a protracted battle over his approval status.

  2. August 02, 2018

    Financial Firms Accused Of Flouting Court Order In NFL Suit

    Class counsel for ex-NFL players in the massive concussion settlement on Monday turned up the heat on an investment manager accused of misusing $3 million in class members' savings, telling a Pennsylvania federal court that the company has refused to turn over its books and is embroiled in several legal actions.

  3. August 02, 2018

    Locks Law Appeals NFL Concussion Deal Fees Breakdown

    Locks Law Firm on Thursday filed notice with the Pennsylvania federal court handling the NFL concussion settlement that it is appealing the order allocating $112.5 million in attorneys' fees in the case.

  4. July 31, 2018

    NFL Concussion Settlement Pays Out Over $502M In Claims

    The special master overseeing the National Football League's concussion settlement on Monday said that more than half a billion dollars in claims have been awarded in the past year and a half, exceeding what the NFL originally estimated it would pay out over 10 years.

  5. July 26, 2018

    3rd-Party Funder Recovers From Ex-NFLer's Injury Payout

    The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the National Football League concussion settlement ordered the settlement claims administrator to pay nearly half of an amount awarded to a former player to third-party litigation funder RD Legal after the funder sought to rescind a prior advance to the player.

  6. July 25, 2018

    Objectors Slam $9.5M Fee Request By NFL Class Counsel

    A group of former NFL players and lawyers on Tuesday slammed an attorneys' fees request of $9.5 million from the class counsel in the NFL concussion settlement, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge that the request lacks supporting documentation.

  7. July 20, 2018

    Litigation Funder Seeks Bond For Ex-NFLer's $500K Advance

    A third-party claims funder argued Thursday that a Pennsylvania federal court should make an ex-NFL player post a bond or some other security after he refused to repay an advance of his share of a settlement with the league in multidistrict litigation over brain injuries.

  8. July 19, 2018

    Hernandez Team Seeks To Return CTE Case To State Court

    The guardian of the minor daughter of the late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez asked a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday to reverse the decision to join her claims to the NFL concussion multidistrict litigation, saying her claims have a different basis than the MDL ones.

  9. July 18, 2018

    NFL Can't Get Probe For Concussion Settlement, For Now

    A Pennsylvania federal judge declined Tuesday to appoint a special investigator to help sort through potential fraudulent claims submitted against the NFL's billion-dollar concussion settlement, saying that the current screening process was working properly as is.

  10. June 05, 2018

    Fee Objectors In NFL Concussion Deal Denied Do-Over Bid

    A group of former NFL players and lawyers who fought a $112.5 million fee award in a brain injury suit settlement failed Tuesday to delay or derail the plaintiffs firm payment plan in Pennsylvania federal court.

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