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
- Farrise Law Firm
- Glago Law Firm
- Moirano Gorman
- Clement & Murphy
- Galiher DeRobertis
- Ferrara & Gable
- Sutliff & Stout
- Langfitt PLLC
- The Buckley Law Group
- Burmeister Gilmore
- Marshall Dennehey
- Shenaq PC
- Gustafson Gluek
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Steckler Wayne
- Eckert Seamans
- Langdon & Emison
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Girardi & Keese
- Gomez Trial Attorneys
- Shub Johns
- Anapol Weiss
- Sanders Warren
- Lightman & Manochi
- The Popham Law Firm
- Meyers & Flowers
- Smith & Stallworth
- Yerrid Law Firm
- Merlin Law Group
- Levin Sedran
- Maher Law Firm
- Bondurant Mixson
- Cooley LLP
- Allan Berger & Associates
- Podhurst Orseck
- Klamann Law Firm
- Edward Stone Law
- CohenMalad
- Tucker Law Group
- Goldberg Persky
- Nelson Mullins
- Shaffer Lombardo
- Waters Kraus
- Faegre Drinker
- O'Hagan Meyer
- Lawson Law Offices
- Mike Espy PLLC
- Glaser Weil
- Zuckerman Spaeder
- Fox Rothschild
- Buzbee Law Firm
- Collins & Truett
- Boies Schiller
- Nolen Law Firm
- Mokaram Law Firm
- Stradley Ronon
- Welsh & Recker
- NastLaw
- Schreeder Wheeler
- LippSmith LLP
- Cossich Sumich
- Seigfreid Bingham
- Arnold & Porter
- Coffman Law Firm
- Seeger Weiss
- Berkowitz and Hanna
- Kairys Rudovsky
- Locks Law Firm
- Thorsnes Bartolotta
- Robins Cloud
- Grossman Roth
- Bowman & Brooke
- FrancoLaw PLLC
- Robins Kaplan
- Hausfeld LLP
- MoloLamken
- Weinberg Wheeler
- Paul Weiss
- Ropes & Gray
- Carlton Fields
- Lubel Voyles
- Leontire & Associates
- Reger Rizzo
- Spector Roseman
- Pope McGlamry
- Bennett & Heyman
- Hagen Rosskopf
- Cummings McClorey
- Silverman Thompson
- Giddens Law Firm
- Stone Pigman
- Herman Herman & Katz
- Bird Law Group
- Bill Kenney Law Firm
- Gold & Gold
- Winston & Strawn
- Shinder Cantor
- Boesen Law
- Bartimus Frickleton
- Motley Rice
- Lorentz Law Firm
- Lathrop GPM
- Whiteford Taylor
- Moscone Emblidge
- Stanley Reuter
- King & Spalding
- Payne Mitchell
- Girard Sharp
- Venable LLP
- Munger Tolles
- Pearson Warshaw
- McGlinchey Stafford
- Troutman
- Duane Morris
- BrownGreer PLC
- Strom Law Firm
- Casey Gerry
- Hagens Berman
- Acosta & Associates
- Andreozzi & Foote
- Carella Byrne
- Polsinelli PC
- McDermott Will & Schulte
- Cruser Mitchell
- Baty Holm
- Diab Chambers
- Tucker Disability Law
- Stapleton Segal
- Montgomery McCracken
- Thompson & Horton
- Lieff Cabraser
- Wilkinson Stekloff
- Capretz & Associates
- Flaster Greenberg
- Rose Klein & Marias
- Rose Law Group PC
- Dugan Law Firm
- Farrell & Patel
- Pietragallo Gordon
- Langer Grogan
- Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo
- Dansky Katz
- Kleinbard LLC
- Wagstaff & Cartmell
- Kreindler & Kreindler
- RLB Law Group
- Humphrey Farrington
- Hangley Aronchick
- Kublanovsky Law
- Provost Umphrey
- Campbell Conroy
- Dechert LLP
- Watkins & Eager
- Corboy & Demetrio
- Winters Salzetta
- Butler Snow LLP
- Webster Vicknair
- Zimmerman Reed
- Hill Ward Henderson
- McElroy Deutsch
- Baron & Budd
- Burg Simpson
- Andrus Boudreaux
- Davis Zippermanm
- Labaton Keller
Companies
- The Detroit Lions Inc.
- Chicago Bears
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Cambridge Capital LLC
- Arizona Cardinals
- NFL Enterprises LLC
- Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC
- Balanced Bridge Funding
- The Tennessee Titans
- Seattle Seahawks
- Atlanta Falcons Football Club LLC
- ProAssurance Corporation
- RD Legal Funding LLC
- Public Citizen Inc.
- Riddell Sports Group Inc.
- BRG Sports Inc.
- ESPN Inc.
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Green Bay Packers Inc.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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February 21, 2018
Finance Cos. Told To Stop Contacting Ex-NFL Players
The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the uncapped concussion settlement on Tuesday ordered a group of related financial firms to stop contacting former National Football League players following allegations from class counsel that the firms are pressuring players to hand over their retirement accounts.
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January 22, 2018
Riddell Slams Hundreds Of Remand Bids In Concussion MDL
Football players who took their concussion claims against Riddell and the National Football League to federal court can't backtrack and send their cases to state court, the helmet maker argued Friday, urging a Pennsylvania federal court to deny the nearly 700 remand motions before it.
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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.