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30 Aug 2013, 4:27 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com The National Football League has agreed to pay $765 million to settle a lawsuit brought by more than 4,500 players and their families, largely closing the legal front in the league’s battle against accusations that it concealed what it knew about the dangers of repeated hits to the head. [read post]
29 Aug 2013, 10:48 pm by Gordon Johnson
The general view is that the National Football League scored a big victory with its $765 million settlement of concussion-related lawsuits filed by more than 4,500 former and current players and their families. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 11:24 am
The woman whose husband suffered a fatal cardiac arrest in the stands during a New England Patriots game is suing the football team, the National Football League, and others for her husband’s Massachusetts wrongful death. [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 8:02 am by The Dear Rich Staff
  It may seem unfair that certain words are off-limits for use on headgear (caps, hats, etc.) because the National Football League or a college has registered them as trademarks in Class 025, but that's the case with the words you've chosen. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 10:41 am by Beth Graham
  According to reports, the National Football League (“NFL”) and the NFL Players Association have agreed to allow arbitration by a third party to take place if a player tests positive for HGH. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 12:50 pm
Earlier this year, Schneiderman also assisted the National Football League with drafting a similar code of conduct after questions purportedly arose at the NFL combine. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 5:02 pm
One problem with Cooke's plan was that the National Football League had the right to reject any potential buyer of the Redskins. [read post]
15 Jul 2013, 6:42 am by Breakstone, White & Gluck
In recent years, focus has been on preventing concussions in sports at every level, from the National Football League (NFL) to high schools down to Pop Warner football leagues. [read post]
14 Jul 2013, 2:44 pm
After what seems like a concurring of legal issues, most recent the arrest of Aaron Hernandez, linked to the National Football League over recent years, there is a rising sense among NFL followers that teams should be holding their players to a higher standard of overall character. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 9:00 am by P. Andrew Torrez
More international news:  counsel for the Chinese Football Association (that's soccer to our U.S. audience) says that the league is likely headed to binding arbitration before the international Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding disputed severance pay for former coach Jose Antonio Camacho, who was fired as the coach of China's national soccer team following last month's 5-1 loss to Thailand. [read post]
5 Jul 2013, 5:08 pm
Together these recent cases against Riddell may also give us an idea of the direction of the National Football League (NFL) concussion cases. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 4:10 am by David DePaolo
In many workers' compensation litigated disputes, much of the factual issues are stipulated because the legal issues are so limited.But sometimes a stipulation will work against a party when the existing law is shifting in scope and context.One of the noted trends sweeping the workers' compensation world is the constriction on professional athletes taking their cumulative trauma claims to California for adjudication despite minimal physical contacts to the state.The National… [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 5:30 am by Barry Sookman
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28 Jun 2013, 6:18 am
 There seems to be a lot of controversy right now about the risk of head injuries involving National Football League players, and even head injuries involving soccer players. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 5:14 am by Rebecca Tushnet
  Relatedly, the court rejected the idea that no right of publicity was necessary because players are financially rewarded through endorsement, sponsorship, and the like—this doesn’t apply to college athletes, and the NCAA most recently estimated that “[l]ess than [two] in 100, or 1.6 percent, of NCAA senior football players will get drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 4:45 am by David DePaolo
Beck on Dec. 12 issued a decision saying football players signed contracts agreeing to file work comp claims in the state where the team was located, rejecting the player's arguments that the order violated a federal court ruling stating that there needs to be an opportunity to demonstrate where the injuries occurred, a federal judge has granted a hearing on a proposed order that would overturn Beck's decision.In July, a federal judge in Philadelphia is expected to rule on whether former… [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 7:14 am
When National Football League teams and players make national headlines in the offseason, it's generally not a good thing. [read post]