April 14, 2022
Litigation funder Balanced Bridge Funding LLC says Mitnick Law Office owes it more than $3 million in attorney fees from the NFL concussion settlement and asked a Pennsylvania federal court Thursday to freeze any additional fees likely to be paid out following the removal of controversial race norms in the settlement.
February 23, 2022
NFL concussion class counsel Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP, the NFL and two former players struck back at the allegation by a Goldberg Persky & White PC attorney that class counsel breached a fiduciary duty to the class in allowing the controversial use of race-norming to enter the settlement, saying it "ignores the critical fact that race-norming was never required by" the class action settlement.
February 16, 2022
A Goldberg Persky & White PC attorney representing former NFL players in the concussion settlement on Wednesday raised concerns with a release of claims against NFL concussion class counsel Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP included in an agreement to end the controversial use of race-based norms in the settlement, calling it a "crippling blow" to former players.
February 11, 2022
The NFL, concussion class counsel Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP and attorneys for players who filed suit over the controversial use of race-based norms in the concussion settlement said they have met with leaders of a group of roughly 75 former NFL players and spouses to address their concerns over transparency.
January 28, 2022
A pair of former Pittsburgh Steelers who brought the controversial use of so-called race-norming in the NFL concussion settlement to light with a civil rights lawsuit threw their support behind an agreement that lays out a path forward for the administration of the settlement without the use of race-based norms.
January 25, 2022
A group of roughly 75 former NFL players and spouses joined a letter urging the federal judge overseeing the NFL concussion settlement to approve an agreement to end the controversial use of race-norming to assess settlement payouts, while saying many players felt "burned" by the issue and that "deep concerns remain."
October 22, 2021
The NFL has formally agreed to stop the controversial use of race-based norms in cognitive testing for payouts from the uncapped concussion settlement and Black players will have an opportunity to have their claims reviewed, though it could be weeks before the deal is finalized.
October 15, 2021
The anticipated agreement on how to remove controversial use of race-based norms from the NFL concussion settlement is nearing finalization, but it will be kept under seal, at least for now, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Friday after a request from the league, concussion class counsel Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP and attorneys for two Black former players.
October 01, 2021
The NFL, concussion class counsel Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP and attorneys for two Black former players are close to finalizing a deal to end the controversial use of race-based norms in cognitive testing in the league's concussion settlement, a Pennsylvania federal judge said Friday.
July 19, 2021
A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge has issued a gag order telling the NFL, concussion class counsel Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP and former players' attorneys from Zuckerman Spaeder LLP not to discuss the status of mediation on ending the controversial use of race-based norms in cognitive testing in the NFL's concussion settlement.