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

  1. March 23, 2017

    Anapol Weiss Opposes Attys Bid For NFL Concussion Fees

    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.

  2. March 20, 2017

    Ex-NFL Stars Who Fought Concussion Deal Rejoin Class

    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.

  3. March 13, 2017

    Retired NFL Players Push Back On $112.5M Attys' Fee Request

    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.

  4. March 10, 2017

    Ex-NFLer, Concussion Deal Counsel Continue To Spar

    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.

  5. March 09, 2017

    Anapol Weiss Reneged On NFL Concussion Fees, Atty Says

    A Minnesota attorney sought to intervene in the landmark NFL concussion multidistrict litigation, arguing Thursday that his client referrals to Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman & Smalley PC entitles him to a piece of the $112.5 million fee requested from the football players' settlement.

  6. March 02, 2017

    NFL Concussion Objectors Want Piece Of $112.5M Atty Fees

    The counsel for the second-largest objector group in the landmark NFL concussion litigation asked the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the case to carve out for them a piece of the $112.5 million attorneys’ fee request by the lead class counsel, arguing Wednesday that they had helped secure a fair settlement for all involved.

  7. February 22, 2017

    NFL Class Says Ex-Player Is Spreading Deal Misinformation

    The lead counsel for the class of former players in the NFL concussion settlement told a Pennsylvania federal court that a retired running back, Fred Willis, is spreading false information about the settlement agreement, telling class members that the doctors set up under the agreement are chosen by the NFL and directing them to a network of "player-friendly" doctors that he set up.

  8. February 14, 2017

    NFL Concussion Attys Seek $112.5M In Fees, Costs

    The two law firms leading the landmark NFL concussion litigation laid out their case for legal fees in Pennsylvania federal court on Monday, seeking $112.5 million in fees and costs for their work on the sprawling litigation over the league’s responsibility for former players' brain injuries.

  9. February 08, 2017

    Ex-NFLers, Judge Push Independence In Concussion Claims

    The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the landmark settlement ending litigation over the NFL's responsibility for former players' brain injuries agreed with an attorney for the plaintiffs Wednesday over the importance of ensuring the independence of the medical evaluation process, in the first meeting between the parties since the uncapped agreement took force.

  10. January 26, 2017

    NFL Concussion Class Calls $20M Fee Bid Premature

    The class counsel for the National Football League's concussion settlement asked a Pennsylvania court Wednesday to temporarily end a bid for $20 million in attorney fees by the counsel for a group of settlement objectors, saying they are arguing for fees that haven't been awarded yet, while the objectors' counsel said dismissal would just make extra work.