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. July 26, 2018

    3rd-Party Funder Recovers From Ex-NFLer's Injury Payout

    The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the National Football League concussion settlement ordered the settlement claims administrator to pay nearly half of an amount awarded to a former player to third-party litigation funder RD Legal after the funder sought to rescind a prior advance to the player.

  2. July 25, 2018

    Objectors Slam $9.5M Fee Request By NFL Class Counsel

    A group of former NFL players and lawyers on Tuesday slammed an attorneys' fees request of $9.5 million from the class counsel in the NFL concussion settlement, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge that the request lacks supporting documentation.

  3. July 20, 2018

    Litigation Funder Seeks Bond For Ex-NFLer's $500K Advance

    A third-party claims funder argued Thursday that a Pennsylvania federal court should make an ex-NFL player post a bond or some other security after he refused to repay an advance of his share of a settlement with the league in multidistrict litigation over brain injuries.

  4. July 19, 2018

    Hernandez Team Seeks To Return CTE Case To State Court

    The guardian of the minor daughter of the late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez asked a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday to reverse the decision to join her claims to the NFL concussion multidistrict litigation, saying her claims have a different basis than the MDL ones.

  5. July 18, 2018

    NFL Can't Get Probe For Concussion Settlement, For Now

    A Pennsylvania federal judge declined Tuesday to appoint a special investigator to help sort through potential fraudulent claims submitted against the NFL's billion-dollar concussion settlement, saying that the current screening process was working properly as is.

  6. June 05, 2018

    Fee Objectors In NFL Concussion Deal Denied Do-Over Bid

    A group of former NFL players and lawyers who fought a $112.5 million fee award in a brain injury suit settlement failed Tuesday to delay or derail the plaintiffs firm payment plan in Pennsylvania federal court.

  7. May 31, 2018

    Seeger Weiss Says Don't Delay $85.6M Atty Fees In NFL Deal

    Seeger Weiss LLP on Thursday asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to reject a motion to stay the payment of $85.6 million in fees to it and other NFL concussion suit class counsel while objectors seek to overturn the fee order, saying their arguments "have no likelihood of success."

  8. May 30, 2018

    NFL Asks For Investigator To Probe Concussion Claim Fraud

    An attorney for the National Football League urged a Pennsylvania federal judge during a hearing on Wednesday to name a special investigator to help sort through what he said was an "extraordinary number of potentially fraudulent claims" submitted against the NFL's billion-dollar concussion settlement.

  9. May 29, 2018

    Firm Gets Pushback On 25% Fee Bid In NFL Concussion MDL

    The estate of one of the lead plaintiffs in the NFL concussion litigation on Tuesday asked a Pennsylvania federal court to deny Podhurst Orseck PA's claim for 25 percent of its settlement payout, saying the firm has already been paid $6 million for its work as class counsel.

  10. May 24, 2018

    Seeger Weiss Gets $52M Of $85M NFL Concussion Suit Fees

    A Pennsylvania federal judge distributed more than $85 million in fees to the class attorneys in the NFL concussion suit Wednesday, including a nearly $52 million share for co-lead class counsel Seeger Weiss LLP.