MDL-2323 IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:12-md-02323

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

ANITA B. BRODY

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  1. October 24, 2025

    NFL Players' Race Bias Claims Tossed In Concussion Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday denied a motion by a group of 16 former football players who claimed that they were wrongly denied benefits under the National Football League's 2015 concussion injury settlement.

  2. July 15, 2025

    Players' Atty Gets $1.4M In Fees For NFL Race-Norming Deal

    The attorney representing former NFL players when the league pledged to stop using "race-norming" when deciding payments from the concussion settlement was awarded nearly $1.4 million in attorney fees Tuesday by the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the settlement.

  3. June 10, 2025

    3rd Circ. Upholds NFL Case Findings On Censured Atty

    The Third Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a Pennsylvania federal judge's ruling that an attorney representing former NFL players seeking concussion litigation settlement proceeds made "material misrepresentations and omissions" concerning medical records during the claims process, for which he was censured by the lower court.

  4. February 28, 2025

    Litigant Funding Co. Has No Claim To NFL Concussion Deal

    A special master overseeing the NFL's concussion settlement fund told a Pennsylvania federal court in a filing made public Friday that a company that funds litigants' healthcare expenses was correctly denied money from the fund because the rights assigned to it by former players' doctors counted as "prohibited assignments," not the liens the company claimed they were.

  5. February 20, 2025

    3rd Circ. Denies Concussion Benefits For 18 Ex-NFL Players

    The Third Circuit denied the families of 18 late NFL players access to funds under the league's historic concussion settlement Thursday, saying benefits can only be given to players diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy after death.

  6. January 17, 2025

    Exhumation Catch Unclear In NFL Players' Deal, 3rd Circ. Told

    Family members of several late NFL players asked the Third Circuit on Friday to grant them national concussion settlement benefits that were denied for a lack of an eligible chronic traumatic encephalopathy diagnosis, arguing the requirement for a neurological exam on exhumed bodies was not made clear as part of the settlement notice.

  7. November 21, 2024

    NFL Paid $1.3B In Concussions Settlement So Far, 4% Atty Fees

    The National Football League has paid more than $1.3 billion to settle claims from former professional athletes who suffered neurological damage due to concussions sustained while playing, with 4% of that earmarked for their attorneys, according to a report by the court appointed special master and claim administrator for the multidistrict litigation.

  8. May 28, 2024

    Seeger Weiss Secures Latest Fee Bid In NFL Concussion Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday granted Seeger Weiss LLP's latest fee request for close to $1.9 million in attorney fees and costs for its ongoing work implementing an agreement settling former National Football League players' concussion-linked disability claims.

  9. April 30, 2024

    Special Master Rejects Fee Bid In NFL Concussion Case

    Goldberg Persky & White PC should not receive a cut of legal fees for its unsuccessful efforts to receive a settlement that another law firm later secured for a former National Football League player related to concussion-linked disability claims, a special master has said.

  10. March 01, 2024

    Atty Censured Over Conduct In NFL Concussion MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has rejected objections from a law firm and its principal and affirmed a special masters' determination that the attorney be censured for engaging in "questionable behavior" while trying to secure monetary awards for clients from the NFL players' concussion injury litigation settlement.