April 21, 2017
A California law firm representing 29 former NFL players in the multidistrict litigation over concussions and head injuries in the league has told the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the case that it is entitled to a priority lien of more than 20 percent of any recovery obtained by its clients.
April 17, 2017
Former NFL running back Fred Willis has agreed to stop certain communications with fellow retired athlete class members impacted by a concussion litigation settlement in Pennsylvania federal court after class counsel accused him of spreading false information about the deal, according to a court filing Monday.
April 13, 2017
A settlement ending sprawling NFL concussion litigation has been over five years in the making, but after gaining final court approvals, overcoming several objections and opening the registration for all class members, there are still lingering issues over the allocation of attorneys' fees, as counsel for thousands of class members look to get their piece of the pie.
April 13, 2017
The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the multidistrict NFL concussion litigation said Wednesday the former NFL players who opted out of a settlement that ended much of the dispute should ask to file new complaints in the case.
April 11, 2017
Locks Law Firm and Podhurst Orseck PA on Monday opposed arguments from former-NFL-player class members that law firms in the NFL concussion multidistrict litigation should be unable to both collect from their contingency fee agreements with players and receive common benefit fees.
March 28, 2017
Nearly 200 former NFL players and their families seeking recovery from an uncapped NFL concussion settlement on Monday objected to a 5 percent set-aside sought from their potential awards by the lead class attorneys from Seeger Weiss LLP and Anapol Weiss, arguing that such an amount is not appropriate at this time.
March 23, 2017
Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman & Smalley PC, one of the co-lead class counsel firms in the NFL concussion settlement, on Wednesday fought back against a Minnesota lawyer's contention that he was owed some of the $112.5 million fee requested from the football players' settlement for referring them clients, saying they never agreed to share these fees and that the lawyer did not do any work to benefit the entire class.
March 20, 2017
Former NFL stars Joe Horn and Chris McAlister, who had opted out of the NFL's uncapped concussion litigation settlement to continue to push their claims, have rejoined the sprawling class, according to a stipulation and order filed Monday.
March 13, 2017
A group of retired NFL players took issue with the lead counsels' fee request in the landmark concussion litigation, asking a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday not to approve the $112.5 million request because of a provision that asks for 5 percent of the settlement to be set aside for future costs.
March 10, 2017
Retired running back Fred Willis on Thursday again defended himself in Pennsylvania federal court against a bid by the attorneys representing the class of retired players the NFL concussion litigation settlement to silence Willis' allegedly false communications with fellow class members.