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Several leading law firms in the National Football League concussion settlement litigation are taking issue with an expert report that suggested slashing attorney fee recoveries. More than 10 law firms have filed responses to a December expert report that recommended capping attorney fees.
Attorneys questioning the report's conclusions included both the New York-based Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss and Philadelphia-based Sol Weiss of Anapol Weiss, who are co-lead class counsel in the litigation that came to a $1 billion settlement with the National Football Association in early 2015.
Most responses from the attorneys questioned the assumptions underpinning the report Harvard professor William Rubenstein issued last month, and some said that capping attorney fees could damage some of the former players' ability to recover under the settlement.
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