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3 Oct 2009, 7:43 am by Michael Kaplen
Following stories in the New York Times earlier this week on the studies sponsored by the NFL which show a link between repeated concussions and early on set dementia, the NFL Players Association has formed a committee to address the issue of head trauma among players. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 1:32 pm
A 20 month long stalemate between former NFL players and the NFL Players Association finally ended this week with their case being heard at a federal district court in San Francisco. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 2:09 pm
We previously blogged about a judgment against the NFL Players Association for $7.1 million in compensatory damages and $21 million in punitive damages. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 3:18 pm by Michael Kaplen
The Associated Press reports that the NFL Players Association held their first meeting of the recently formed formed Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee in Florida today. [read post]
2 Dec 2015, 4:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
The NFL and the NFL Players Association have recently teamed up to develop a comprehensive wellness program that will be... [read post]
30 May 2014, 6:42 am by Pete Strom
 Recently, the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) reviewed it’s treatment of DUI, announcing that it may issue new punishment for DUI related charges. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 6:29 pm
The NFL Players Association is circulating cards among players permitting the union to decertify in the face of a lockout by the owners at the end of the current collective bargaining agreement in 2011. [read post]
26 Apr 2016, 11:05 am by lennyesq
NFL Players Association, 15-2801 (L). [read post]
20 Nov 2011, 11:04 am by Michael Kaplen
According to a published report today from ESPN,  NFL, union differ on monitoring plan, the players association intends to place an observer in the NFL command center in New York to monitor any obvious concussions. [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 7:21 am
GamePolitics has reported that the NFL players who won a $28 million dollar lawsuit last year against the NFL Players Association are planning on suing John Madden and Electronic Art over the Madden NFL series of games. [read post]
28 Jul 2011, 6:18 am
The suit states that the players relied upon the NFL for safety guidelines and regulations, and did not know the long-term effects associated with concussions. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 3:34 am by Lee Davis
The NFL Players Association claims in filings before the U.S. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 7:27 am by Douglas A. Berman
As reported in this new Washington Post piece, the "[l]eaders of the NFL Players Association are preparing a proposal that would amend the sport’s drug policies to take a 'less punitive' approach to dealing with recreational marijuana use by players, according to the union’s executive director, DeMaurice Smith. [read post]
16 Mar 2009, 10:02 pm
The NFL players' association named DeMaurice Smith as the executive director of the NFL Players Association . [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 6:52 am by Ashby Jones
The NFL Players Association decided to decertify as a labor organization. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 11:26 am by Carney Law Firm
As the publicity of the NFL’s concussion crisis continues to increase, and public pressure continues to mount for the NFL to assume financial responsibility for the costs associated with injuries suffered by former NFL players, the NFL continues to deny former player’s claims for workers’ compensation benefits. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 5:05 am by Michael Kaplen
Previously,  the NFL and the NFL Alumni Association announced at the Super Bowl a partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine to address mental-health issues affecting retired NFL players and their families. [read post]
26 Dec 2012, 4:41 pm by Jon Gelman
This is a guest post from the law firm of Farrell, Fraulob & Brown, Sacramento, CA The NFL PlayersAssociation recently hired partner, Melissa Brown, as an expert witness for its Workers’ Compensation Arbitration with the NFL Owners. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 1:20 pm
These cases come as the NFL Players Association, the union representing 1,800 players, looks to strengthen the screening process for its financial adviser program, which has come under attack in recent years. [read post]