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1 Judge 3 Rulings and the Balance of Power in the NFL Concussion Settlement
Last week, Judge Brody issued rulings in three individual appeals, and in each instance, the appellee prevailed. In this instance, two appeals were players who sought to reverse denied claims and in the other, the NFL sought to kill an approved claim.
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“Hit or Miss?” Litigation Funding Issues in NFL Concussion Settlement take an Odd Turn
On Thursday, Judge Anita Brody ordered former Rams and Redskins safety Toby Wright to arbitration with Thrivest Specialty funding. That she ordered the player to arbitration isn’t surprising considering an April 26 ruling by the Third Circuit, vacating her ruling that enjoined Thrivest from pursuing arbitration against a different player and her dismissal of Thrivest’s complaint against him, the tone of her order is somewhat curious.
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May 25 2019
You’re Fired!!!
UPDATED 5/26: Outside the concussion settlement, another terrible injustice is being exposed in Olympic Taekwondo. At What Price Glory?
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You’re Fired! Judge Brody Dismisses Player Advocates from Concussion Settlement
On Friday, Judge Anita Brody issued an order firing all class counsel not named Christopher Seeger.
The reasons stated in the order appear to be a smokescreen in that no class counsel are paid unless assigned work by Chis Seeger or Judge Brody.
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May 20 2019
NFL Concussion Settlement Power Plays Resemble a Game of Thrones
Professor Elizabeth Chamblee Burch’s recently published book, Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation, is a close-up examination of how repeat-player attorneys often compromise the plaintiffs they’re appointed to represent as the construct deals that reward defendants, their own bank accounts, and judges who favor efficiency over justice. She has compiled 6 years of …
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NFL Concussion Settlement: Backroom Deals and Powerplays
Transferee judges like Anita Brody have a tremendous amount of power in the MDLs assigned to them, so why don’t they monitor for deals that disadvantage plaintiffs? Or should that fail, why don’t attorneys who do have a vested interest in plaintiff outcomes object more vigorously? The answer lies in a strangely balanced power dynamic that sometimes resembles a “game of thrones.”
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“Please Don’t Shoot the Doctors” NFL Settlement Attys Ask
About the only thing that the claims administrator and class counsel seemed to agree on at an April 7 hearing on changes related to MAF Physicians was that more doctors are needed to examine players for benefits in the NFL Concussion Settlement, and an April 10 submission by Locks Law Firm demonstrates how doctors have been blindsided leaving a void for retired player exams.
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