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.
July 15, 2021
The insolvent firm of Tim Howard, a Florida attorney who was accused of swindling NFL players out of their life savings and was recently disqualified from the league's concussion settlement, owes litigation funder Virage Capital Management $30 million, according to recent insolvency proceedings in Florida state court.
July 13, 2021
A Florida attorney accused of swindling NFL players out of their life savings also "engaged in a wide-ranging, long-standing, and brazen pattern and practice of manufacturing evidence" for concussion settlement payout claims, the settlement's special masters found in a recent decision to disqualify the lawyer and his former firm.
July 09, 2021
The NFL concussion settlement administrator is investigating whether a Florida attorney who was disqualified from the litigation after being accused of defrauding players has continued to participate in the case through another firm, court filings show.
June 15, 2021
A federal magistrate judge overseeing mediation between the NFL, concussion class counsel Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP and former player attorneys from Zuckerman Spaeder LLP to end the controversial use of race-based norms in cognitive testing in the NFL concussion settlement said in an update on the status of those talks that the parties could agree on a new testing program "before summer's end."