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Former NFL Star Demaryius Thomas Diagnosed with Stage 2 CTE

Earlier this week, the family of former NFL star Demaryius Thomas announced his stage 2 CTE diagnosis by Dr. Ann McKee at the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank. Thomas passed away in December 2021 at age 33. His family is releasing the findings to help raise awareness of CTE. “Once I became aware of CTE and began to familiarize…
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Amber Heard and Johnny Depp Aren’t the Only Celebrities in the News

“Utah Court Dismisses Negligence Claim Against Actress in Case Involving Injury on Ski Slopes,” an article written by professor James H. Moss, JD, appeared in yesterday’s Sports Litigation Alert, along with 14 other articles. The reprinted article, written in spirited form, follows below: In what has not turned into a simple skier v. skier collision case,…
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Hackney Publications Announces Second Annual ‘100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About’ Portal

100lawfirms.com is portal that serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. Hackney Publications announced today the second annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in need of experienced…
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New CLF/Samford University Poll Finds 71% of Americans Want NFL to Stop Recruiting Children to Tackle Football

A new poll conducted by the Concussion legacy Foundation (CLF) and the Samford University Center for Sports Analytics reveals because of CTE concerns, 71% of the 1,311 Americans polled believe it is inappropriate for the NFL to recruit children to tackle football. According to official funding announcements, the NFL has spent more than $100 million…
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CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation Considers Whether CTE Could have Played a Role in Antonio Brown’s Behavior

By Dr. Chris Nowinski, Concussion Legacy Foundation co-founder and CEO For years, the erratic behavior of NFL All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown has been a cause for concern as many have watched and worried for his mental health. In Sunday’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, Brown had another episode of abnormal public behavior. After a sideline…
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Experts Go Ten Rounds in Heavyweight Legal Bout – How Competing Expert Opinions Can Push a Case to Trial, A Case Study of Thomas v Farrago

From the annals of Sports Litigation Alert: By Eric Chang and Dylan F. Henry, of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP Round 1- The Facts On November 2, 2013, heavyweight boxer, Magomed Abdusalamov, stepped into the ring at Madison Square Garden and squared off against challenger, Ismaikel Perez, to defend his USNBC Heavyweight Title in…
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Ex-NFL Player Phillip Adams Had Stage 2 CTE When He Killed Six People

Neuropathologists at the Boston University CTE Center have found that former NFL player Phillip Adams had stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a press release from the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Adams died by suicide at age 32 in April 2021 after fatally shooting six people in Rock Hill, SC. The press release continued: York…
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Wilbourn V. BRG Sports: Plaintiff Fails to Prove Defective Football Helmet Caused CTE

By Gary Chester, Senior Writer (Editor’s Note: The following is shared from an issue of Sports Litigation Alert, a subscription-based publication produced by Hackney Publications. Subscribers to the Alert have access to more than 3,000 case summaries and bylined articles.) In concussion cases, the plaintiffs can often raise issues of fact as to three of…
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Sports Litigation Alert Reports on the Full Breadth of the Sports Law Industry with Timely, Insightful Articles in Last Two Issues

Beneficiaries of the Alert include both the private sector and higher education, where professors use the Alert with thousands of sports law students. As Hackney Publications closes in on the completion of its 18th year of publishing Sports Litigation Alert, publisher Holt Hackney is especially proud of the last two issues. “We’re touching on every…
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Washington State’s Lystedt Law – an Update

By Tony Corleto, of Gordon & Rees  (Editor’s Note: The following article appears in Concussion Litigation Reporter, which can be subscribed to at the site.) Enacted by the Washington State legislature in 2009 (RCWA 28A.600.190) the “Zackery Lystedt Law” set the pattern for similar legislative and regulatory acts in each state and the District of…
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