MDL-2323 IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION
Case Number:
2:12-md-02323
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- King & Spalding
- Bowman & Brooke
- Farrise Law Firm
- Galiher DeRobertis
- Ferrara & Gable
- Shaffer Lombardo
- Sutliff & Stout
- Langfitt PLLC
- The Buckley Law Group
- Burmeister Gilmore
- Marshall Dennehey
- Shenaq PC
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Steckler Wayne
- Eckert Seamans
- Langdon & Emison
- Lieff Cabraser
- Weinberg Wheeler
- Girardi & Keese
- Sanders Warren
- Lightman & Manochi
- Boies Schiller
- O'Hagan Meyer
- Wilkinson Stekloff
- Arnold & Porter
- Gustafson Gluek
- The Popham Law Firm
- Levin Sedran
- Smith & Stallworth
- Ropes & Gray
- Zuckerman Spaeder
- Fox Rothschild
- Yerrid Law Firm
- Maher Law Firm
- Allan Berger & Associates
- Grossman Roth
- Klamann Law Firm
- Edward Stone Law
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Girard Sharp
- Stapleton Segal
- Glago Law Firm
- Tucker Law Group
- Stradley Ronon
- Goldberg Persky
- Meyers & Flowers
- Waters Kraus
- Giddens Law Firm
- Lawson Law Offices
- Mike Espy PLLC
- Pope McGlamry
- Glaser Weil
- Collins & Truett
- Nolen Law Firm
- Moirano Gorman
- Mokaram Law Firm
- Welsh & Recker
- Cruser Mitchell
- Seigfreid Bingham
- Coffman Law Firm
- Berkowitz & Hanna
- Kairys Rudovsky
- Thorsnes Bartolotta
- Robins Cloud
- Bancroft PLLC
- Hagen Rosskopf
- Carlton Fields
- Baty Holm
- Leontire & Associates
- Reger Rizzo
- McGlinchey Stafford
- Spector Roseman
- Bennett & Heyman
- Cummings McClorey
- Silverman Thompson
- Seeger Weiss
- Cossich Sumich
- Stone Pigman
- Herman Herman & Katz
- Locks Law Firm
- Bird Law Group
- Burg Simpson
- Bill Kenney Law Firm
- Gold & Gold
- Shinder Cantor
- Schreeder Wheeler
- Bartimus Frickleton
- Lorentz Law Firm
- Montgomery McCracken
- Moscone Emblidge
- Stanley Reuter
- Payne Mitchell
- Pearson Warshaw
- BrownGreer PLC
- Strom Law Firm
- Casey Gerry
- Hagens Berman
- Acosta & Associates
- Robins Kaplan
- Buzbee Law Firm
- Carella Byrne
- Motley Rice
- Faegre Drinker
- Munger Tolles
- Boesen Law
- Diab Chambers
- Tucker Disability Law
- FrancoLaw PLLC
- Venable LLP
- Andreozzi & Foote
- Capretz & Associates
- Flaster Greenberg
- Rose Klein & Marias
- Rose Law Group PC
- Dugan Law Firm
- Gomez Trial Attorneys
- Farrell & Patel
- Merlin Law Group
- Pietragallo Gordon
- Langer Grogan
- Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo
- Kleinbard LLC
- Hausfeld LLP
- Wagstaff & Cartmell
- Kreindler & Kreindler
- Anapol Weiss
- RLB Law Group
- Humphrey Farrington
- Hangley Aronchick
- Kublanovsky Law
- Podhurst Orseck
- Provost Umphrey
- MoloLamken
- NastLaw
- Bondurant Mixson
- Paul Weiss
- Campbell Conroy
- LippSmith LLP
- Dechert LLP
- Watkins & Eager
- Winston & Strawn
- Whiteford Taylor
- Corboy & Demetrio
- Winters Salzetta
- Butler Snow LLP
- Lathrop GPM
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Duane Morris
- Zimmerman Reed
- Troutman
- Cooley LLP
- Nelson Mullins
- Hill Ward Henderson
- McElroy Deutsch
- Polsinelli PC
- Baron & Budd
- Andrus Boudreaux
- Davis Zippermanm
- Labaton Keller
Companies
- The Detroit Lions Inc.
- Chicago Bears
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Cambridge Capital LLC
- Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC
- Balanced Bridge Funding
- NFL Enterprises LLC
- The Tennessee Titans
- Seattle Seahawks
- Atlanta Falcons Football Club LLC
- ProAssurance Corporation
- RD Legal Funding LLC
- ESPN Inc.
- Public Citizen Inc.
- Riddell Sports Group Inc.
- BRG Sports Inc.
- Arizona Cardinals
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Green Bay Packers
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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January 19, 2018
Expert Ups Suggested Fee Cap In NFL Concussion Deal
A court-appointed expert brought in to address several questions surrounding attorneys' fees in the uncapped NFL concussion settlement updated his recommendations on Friday, telling a Pennsylvania federal court that additional information from class counsel convinced him to raise the cap from 15 percent to 22 percent.
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January 03, 2018
NFLers' Attys Seek Changes To Concussion Deal Fee Payouts
A law firm representing individual class members in the NFL concussion litigation urged a Pennsylvania federal judge and a fee expert to adjust findings related to an uncapped settlement between the football league and players, saying Wednesday that some cases deserve greater compensation.
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December 20, 2017
NFL Concussion Suit Fee Expert Must Be Deposed, Court Told
A group of firms representing individual class members in the NFL concussion suit asked a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to allow them to depose Harvard Law School professor William B. Rubenstein, telling the court that it's unfair to limit response to expert testimony that recommends capping the potential fee awards.
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December 12, 2017
Expert Urges Contingency Fee Cap In NFL Concussion Deal
A court-appointed expert brought in to address several questions surrounding attorneys' fees payouts in the uncapped NFL concussion settlement recommended Monday that the Pennsylvania federal court overseeing the settlement should cap contingency fees for individual attorneys at 15 percent and scrap another request to set aside 5 percent of settlement awards to compensate future work in administering the settlement.
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December 06, 2017
Ex-NFLers Can't Stop Changes To Concussion Claims Process
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday refused to reconsider his previous decision to approve a claims administrator's changes in the way a National Football League players' brain injury settlement was implemented.
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November 17, 2017
Claims Servicer Fights To Manage NFL Concussion Awards
A claims management service assisting former NFL players with a settlement in multidistrict litigation over brain injuries urged a Pennsylvania federal court Thursday to allow the ex-players to pay a portion of their awards to third-party lenders and claims services providers, saying the court lacks jurisdiction over the nonparties.
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November 14, 2017
Ex-NFLers Fight Changes To Brain-Injury Claims Process
Former NFL players urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Monday to overturn, in light of new evidence, a claims administrator's changes to how claims are processed under a settlement agreement for brain injuries in multidistrict litigation.
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November 03, 2017
Ex-NFLers Can't Circumvent Claims Settlement Administrator
A Pennsylvania federal judge Friday scolded former National Football League players for accusing the claims administrator, BrownGreer PLC, of missteps in its implementation of a 2015 settlement agreement from multidistrict litigation over football-related brain injuries, telling them to appeal the decisions and not to bring their grievances before the court.
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October 16, 2017
NFL Concussion Deal Proceeds Can't Be Sold Off, Court Told
Class counsel in multidistrict National Football League concussion litigation on Friday urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to rule that an uncapped settlement agreement prohibits players from assigning their payouts to a third party, hitting back at claims by a settlement advance firm accused of scamming NFL retirees with high-cost loans.
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October 05, 2017
Pa. Judge Urged To Ax Fee Objection In NFL Concussion Case
Attorneys for a class of ex-NFL players told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday that a challenge to their bid for $112.5 million in legal fees for work on multidistrict concussion litigation was based on out-of-date and inaccurate information about settlement payouts in the case.