February 05, 2018
Whether to athletes on the field or fans filing into stadiums, injuries are often a major part of sports, leading to an abundance of litigation for the sports industry. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at some of the major personal injury and tort litigation that could have an impact on the sports industry this year.
July 31, 2017
Boston University won a fees award Monday after largely defeating the NHL's demand for research materials from the study of about 400 former athletes' brains, with a Minnesota federal judge finding the league had no basis to broadly question the peer-reviewed research and calling the demand a "fishing expedition."
July 24, 2017
A Minnesota federal judge refused Monday to exclude expert testimony the National Hockey League used to bolster its bid to defeat class certification in multidistrict litigation alleging the league hid the dangerous effects of concussions, finding that requiring the NHL to revise the opinions would be too burdensome.
July 03, 2017
The National Hockey League hit back at a bid to exclude expert testimony it used to bolster its bid to defeat class certification in multidistrict litigation accusing the league of hiding the dangerous effects of concussions, calling the motion improper and premature.
June 16, 2017
Boston University urged a federal court on Friday to grant its attorneys’ fee request for fighting the National Hockey League’s discovery bid in litigation over players’ long-term concussion risk, arguing the NHL’s rejected request for data on all of the university’s donated brains “overreached.”
June 13, 2017
The National Hockey League has told a Minnesota federal court that the time is right for it to consider whether two former players belong in a proposed class action over the effects of head injuries, arguing there is no reason to wait until after class certification is decided.
June 06, 2017
Boston University shouldn't get attorneys' fees for fighting a discovery bid from the National Hockey League in litigation over the long-term risk of concussions for players, as requested documents about brain injury research were justified and the university was uncooperative, the NHL told a Minnesota federal court on Monday.
May 10, 2017
Boston University asked a Minnesota federal court on Wednesday to force the National Hockey League to pay the costs the university incurred while deflecting a bid by the league to obtain documents from its brain injury research center in a suit over the long-term risk of concussions to players.
May 08, 2017
Former National Hockey League players alleging the league failed to warn them about the risks of repeated head injuries asked a Minnesota federal judge on Friday to stop the clock on their class certification bid and suggested the sides choose two or three bellwether cases to try instead.
April 28, 2017
Even though the National Hockey League lost its bid to obtain underlying research materials from Boston University's CTE Center, the league appears as aggressive as ever in defending against a proposed class action by former players who say the NHL failed to warn them of the long-term risks of repeated head injuries.