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4 Feb 2012, 10:41 am by Gordon Johnson
Well, the Associated Press has done the legwork, and gotten some of the stories behind, the batch of concussion-related lawsuits that have been filed by ex-players against the National Football League. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 8:28 am by Lovechilde
Over the next 10 days, the National Football League will have a similar chance to make a difference. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 8:25 am by Michael R. Brown
Co-authored by Brian Gross  Just in time for the Super Bowl, the United States Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPMDL) issued an order on January 31 which creates an MDL for the various cases filed by former National Football League (“NFL”) players against the league, in which those former players allege that the NFL acted negligently with regard to players’ brain injuries and intentionally… [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 7:11 am by Michael Kaplen
While the National Football League's management of traumatic brain injuries has been duplicitous at best, the current groundswell of class-action lawsuits will neither provide essential assistance for brain damaged players nor protect those on the field. [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 4:13 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
Last July, after months of contentious negotiations, Goodell and DeMaurice Smith of the NFL Players Association signed an unpreceden [read post]
28 Jan 2012, 12:02 pm by Gordon Johnson
On Thursday the National Football League offered a preview of its defense against 21 lawsuits filed by several hundred retired players in six states: These ex-players can’t seek damages for concussions, since safety issues fall under the collective bargaining agreement they had with the league. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 4:00 am
The Associated Press reports here that the National Football League will suspend its social media policy for one day -- Sunday -- to allow players who are participating in the Pro Bowl to tweet during the game. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 4:00 am
The Associated Press reports here that the National Football League will suspend its social media policy for one day -- Sunday -- to allow players who are participating in the Pro Bowl to tweet during the game. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 10:34 am by Stanford Law Review
As National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Billy Hunter said, the latter element constitutes the “harshest element of the new system. [read post]
21 Jan 2012, 12:35 am by Gordon Johnson
” More than 100 former players filed a similar lawsuit in Philadelphia earlier this month, and the very first complaint of this kind was brought against the National Football League in Philly last year, AP reported. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 4:00 am by Steve McConnell
The National Football League had its best weekend of the year, and Ricky Gervais did his usual, tasteful job of hosting the Golden Globes. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 1:00 am
Due to a suit against him by a the National Football League Player's Association (NFLPA), Steinberg cannot be certified by the union. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 5:39 am by Commander+Pound
Four former National Football League players have filed suit in Atlanta against the league for personal injury, asserting that the NFL ignored years of evidence that repeated blows to the head were causing serious and traumatic brain damage to NFL players. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 10:31 pm by Gordon Johnson
  The handling of Dielman’s concussion was so appalling that it prompted the National Football League to say that it would give  game officials concussion-awareness training so they will be more adept at gauging when a player has sustained a concussion. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 6:00 am by Nathaniel Grow
The abstract for the essay is below:This essay analyzes the National Football League (“NFL”) and National Basketball Association (“NBA”) lockouts of 2011, focusing in particular on the role union dissolution played in both work stoppages. [read post]
1 Jan 2012, 8:19 am by J. Gordon Hylton
In a decade in which attendance at major league baseball games steadily eroded, the Braves set one National League attendance record after another. [read post]
25 Dec 2011, 8:23 pm by Gordon Johnson
The National Football League has a real situation on its hands: Last week a batch of lawsuits were filed against it by retired players who allege they sustained long-term brain damage from concussions during their careers on the gridiron. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 10:00 pm
District Court in Atlanta against the National Football League and FNL Properties LLC. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 5:53 pm
 Current NFL player, Scott Fujita, is coming out and saying he is going to press the National Football League Players Association to request that an independent neurologist attend each NFL game. [read post]