A year after the process for compensating former NFL players under the $1 billion concussion settlement agreement officially began, calls that the administrative process is too slow and clandestine have begun to mount.

On Monday, co-lead class counsel filed a motion seeking to have U.S. District Judge Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania conduct a hearing regarding possibly intervening into the claims process. By late Tuesday, a law firm representing more than 240 retired players joined the motion, saying some claims have been “unreasonably and inexcusably delayed,” and another attorney filed a motion saying “the settlement is failing to provide a fraction of what the NFL promised.”

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]