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31 Jan 2013, 2:29 pm
On December 1, 2012 national news was made after Kansas Chief linebacker and National Football League player, Jovan Belcher, shot and killed his girlfriend and then took his own life outside of Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 7:58 am
For those readers not well-versed with American professional football (the National Football League), the most important position on a football team is the quarterback, who is ultimately responsible for getting his team to cross the opponent's goal line and to score a touchdown. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 12:13 am by Kevin LaCroix
Most states have adopted statutes providing individuals who serve as directors on nonprofit boards with limited immunity from liability. [read post]
27 Jan 2013, 8:03 pm by Angelo A. Paparelli
  Moreover, the National Football League’s rulebook, available for all to peruse on the league’s website, runs some 120 pages of intricate detail. [read post]
24 Jan 2013, 12:53 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
” And asked about concerns about the long-term impact of concussions on football players, Williams, a former National Football League lineman, said, ”I love the game of football” and he called the sport “an unbelievable art” and “a ballet” as well as a team game. [read post]
24 Jan 2013, 9:20 am
The family of the late former NFL player and star linebacker Junior Seau has sued the National Football League, along with helmet manufacturer Riddell and other defendants, joining a long line of plaintiffs who contend that the league misled them or covered up information about the serious dangers of repeated head trauma which led to cognitive issues and traumatic brain injuries. [read post]
23 Jan 2013, 7:38 am by Evan Anderson
 This issue was brought to light in the legal world in the notable appellate battle between professional sports leagues and the fantasy leagues which profited off of the statistics, names, logos, and slogans associated with these various league's players and teams. [read post]
17 Jan 2013, 2:34 pm
Readers certainly remember the CJEU's ruling in Joined Cases C-403/08 (FAPL) and 429/08 (Karen Murphy), where the Court held that a "national legislation which prohibits the import, sale or use of foreign decoder cards is contrary to the freedom to provide services and cannot be justified either in light of the objective of protecting intellectual property rights or by the objective of encouraging the public to attend football stadiums", since "the Premier League matches… [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 8:16 pm by Jon Gelman
This high “natural” injury rate makes it ... http://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/   Workers' Compensation: NFL Players Tackling Heart Disease Jan 30, 2012 In 1994, NIOSH published research examining death rates and risk factors for former National Football League (NFL) players. 1 At that time the research was based on all deaths that had occurred through 1991. [read post]
13 Jan 2013, 12:41 pm by J. Gordon Hylton
However, a case can be made that the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League have also played in at least six different cities. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 5:51 am by Jon Gelman
  See #4 above Brain Injury in the NFL discussed new research finding that National Football League (NFL) players may be at a higher risk of death associated with Alzheimer’s and other impairments of the brain and nervous system than the general U.S. population. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 7:24 am by HealthLawProf Hodnicki
As the National Football League (NFL) finally has come to take seriously the problem of concussion, litigation by many former players will focus on the question whether the league acted unreasonably in not taking action sooner. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 7:22 am by David Orentlicher
As the National Football League (NFL) finally has come to take seriously the problem of concussion, litigation by many former players will focus on the question whether the league acted unreasonably in not taking action sooner.In reviewing the response of NFL to concussion, one can easily think that the league was too slow to worry about the medical consequences of head trauma. [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 5:27 am by Jon Gelman
He is one of only 48 workers' compensation attorneys in the United States authorized by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) to represent its members. [read post]
1 Jan 2013, 3:14 pm by J. Gordon Hylton
Similarly, between 1926 and 1927, the number of teams in the National Football League was reduced from 22 to 12. [read post]
26 Dec 2012, 4:41 pm by Jon Gelman
http://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/ Workers' Compensation: NFL Players Tackling Heart Disease Jan 30, 2012 In 1994, NIOSH published research examining death rates and risk factors for former National Football League (NFL) players. 1 At that time the research was based on all deaths that had occurred through 1991. [read post]
25 Dec 2012, 8:08 am by Shouvik Kumar Guha
National Football Scouting Inc., the scouting arm of the National Football League lost a copyright case in the US District Court of Tacoma against a Washington State resident, who wrote about its annual scouting reports for a sports-oriented website.Image from here Microsoft has won a U.K. ruling invalidating Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 5:47 am
A National Football League player was recently charged with intoxication manslaughter following a car accident that killed a teammate on a highway service road in a Dallas, Texas suburb. [read post]