The National Football League (NFL) has long been accused of ignoring the damaging effects of brain injuries on its players. Even though they were presented with evidence of the risks of repetitive traumatic brain injuries many years ago, they did not share the information with players, concealed some information and did not take enough steps to prevent further injuries including NFL concussion …
The first red flag should’ve been Stan Lee’s involvement with something new. A Santa Monica judge has ruled in favor of a company that was defrauded for $500,000 by a producer who tricked it into investing in a bizarre failed marketing scheme for the National Hockey League. Filmula Entertainment was approached by Aldo LaPietra in 2012, with promises that the NHL’s “Guardian Project”—a Stan Lee- …
Christoper Seeger, who represented former N.F.L. players in a concussion settlement, outside of the United States Courthouse in Philadelphia in 2014. The Supreme Court declined to review the case on Monday. …
Josh Norris of Baseball America reports that Minor League Baseball has established a political action committee to continue fighting against a lawsuit brought by a group of former minor league players seeking increased wages and back pay. You may recall that, earlier this year, two members of Congress — Republican Brett Guthrie of Kentucky and Democrat Cheri Bustos of Illinois — introduced H.R. …
When the National Football League and retired players settled a class-action lawsuit about brain damage in 2015, the agreement raised as many questions as it answered. The $1 billion question: What did the league know? Because the settlement was reached without the evidence-gathering process known as discovery, the NFL did not have to reveal what it knew about the long-term effects of repeated …
The National Football League may be hoping this case gets swept under the rug and isn’t met with much public consumption moving forward. But a group of former NFL players and their lawyers are resilient in their efforts to not only bring the concussion issue to light, but force the league to pay out a larger sum. A settlement agreed to by the NFL and former players required the league to pay …
Less than a month after he denied a motion by minor-league baseball players to classify their lawsuit against Major League Baseball as a class action, the U.S. district court judge presiding over the case has given the plaintiffs a second chance. In an order issued Aug. 19, Judge Joseph C. Spero granted a motion by the plaintiffs to reconsider his order to deny class certification in the case, …
Attorney Michael Avenatti’s settlement offer to the National Football League over the case of the canceled Hall of Fame Game expired at 12:01 p.m. Friday, meaning that his team will now pursue the case as originally intended. Avenatti seeks about $700 in damages per fan that attended the canceled game – an estimated 22,000 total fans and over $15 million …
Five days ago, a nationwide class-action lawsuit was filed against the Hall of Fame and the NFL for the cancellation of the annual preseason game in Canton, Ohio. To date, the NFL has said nothing about it. More than a day after PFT requested comment from the league regarding the litigation and the unique settlement offer made by lawyer Michael Avenatti on Monday morning, the NFL has not …
After last Sunday’s Hall of Fame game was cancelled on account of poor field conditions, lawyer Michael Avenatti filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL seeking compensation for losses incurred by fans that attended the cancelled game. According to NBC Sports, Avenatti sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday morning with a settlement offer. Reports say that the lawyer …