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  1. October 04, 2013

    Ex-NFLers Seek OK Of Contested $42M Publicity Rights Deal

    A group of retired National Football League players asked a Minnesota federal judge Friday to approve a $42 million class action settlement of their publicity rights suit against the league, saying most class members backed the deal and it should not be derailed by the "tiny fraction" of the class that is fighting it.

  2. September 06, 2013

    Ex-NFL Players Ordered To Drop New Publicity Rights Suits

    A Minnesota federal judge on Friday ordered attorneys for hundreds of former National Football League players who opted out of a recently settled class action over publicity rights to drop two separate suits, finding they had violated "the letter and the spirit" of an injunction.

  3. September 04, 2013

    More Ex-NFL Players Object To $42M Publicity Rights Deal

    Four more retired National Football League players have objected to the proposed $42 million settlement of a publicity rights class action against the league, contending there is no guarantee they will see any economic benefit from the deal, according to recent court documents. 

  4. August 22, 2013

    Ex-NFL Players Oppose $42M Publicity Rights Settlement

    A trio of former National Football League players told a Minnesota federal court Wednesday that a proposed $42 million settlement of a publicity rights class action against the league is unfair, arguing that there is no guarantee that class members will receive payments.

  5. July 12, 2013

    Ex-NFL Star Giles Wants Out Of $42M Publicity Rights Accord

    Former NFL tight end Jimmie Giles on Thursday asked to be excluded from a $42 million agreement that retired players reached with the league to settle a publicity rights suit, a deal that several players lambasted for allegedly providing "zero" benefit to the athletes who had filed the complaint.

  6. April 08, 2013

    Ex-NFLers Acting Like 'Children' Over $42M Deal, Judge Says

    A Minnesota federal judge on Monday approved the National Football League's $42 million settlement resolving a class action over the handling of former players' publicity rights and called out a group of ex-players opposing the deal, saying they were acting like children who didn't get dessert.

  7. April 01, 2013

    Ex-NFL Players Defend $42M Publicity Rights Deal

    A group of retired National Football League players on Friday attempted to mend a split in their ranks over a proposed $42 million settlement of a publicity rights class action against the league, trumpeting a licensing partnership with the NFL and "common good" fund that they say will be a boon to class members.

  8. March 21, 2013

    Ex-NFL Players Split On $42M Publicity Rights Accord

    A group of retired National Football League players on Wednesday threw a potential wrench in the works of a proposed $42 million settlement of a publicity rights class action against the league, saying the deal provides a direct benefit of "zero" to the class.

  9. March 18, 2013

    NFL Puts Up $42M To Settle Ex-Players' Publicity Rights Case

    Kicking off what may be an improved relationship with its former gridiron greats, the NFL on Monday announced a $42 million settlement of a class action alleging it used the likenesses of retired players in violation of their publicity rights.

  10. January 06, 2011

    Retired NFL Players Ordered To Share Promotional Info

    A federal magistrate judge has ordered retired football players to produce information about how they've used their own images to promote themselves in their putative class action against the NFL over its use of their likenesses to market products from the league's glory days.

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