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July 22, 2011

Muchnick’s Interview on NFL Concussion Cover-Up Lawsuit Now on YouTube

Irvin Muchnick’s July 20 interview, with Jim Richards of Toronto’s NewsTalk 1010, about the ex-National Football League players’ lawsuit alleging a cover-up by the league of […]
July 22, 2011

View Full Facsimile of NFL Retired Players’ Concussion Cover-Up Lawsuit Complaint — Plus Muchnick Notes

The 86-page complaint by retired National Football League players, alleging an historical cover-up by the league of brain trauma dangers – filed July 19 in Los […]
July 22, 2011

NFL Concussion Concealment Lawsuit Notes – Including Audio of Muchnick’s Toronto Radio Interview

You can now hear my Wednesday interview (on Toronto’s NewsTalk 1010) about the lawsuit by retired players alleging that the National Football League historically concealed known […]
July 21, 2011

CDC’s ‘Heads Up to Parents’ Includes Keeping Half Your Head in the Sand

The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) has partnered with the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on a “Heads Up to Parents” […]
July 21, 2011

Open Letter to Attorney General: Don’t Let Authors Guild Hijack “Google Books” and “Freelance” Copyright Settlements’ … today at Beyond Chron

[cross-posted from http://freelancerights.blogspot.com]   Legal scholar James Grimmelmann, a leading observer of the Google Books copyright class-action settlement, reports on his blog that the parties are […]
July 20, 2011

My Toronto Radio Interview About Concussion Lawsuit by Ex-NFLers

Today I was interviewed by Jim Richards of NewsTalk 1010 in Toronto about a new lawsuit filed against the National Football League by 75 players over […]
July 20, 2011

San Francisco 49er Forrest Blue, Dead at 65, Had Dementia Last 15 Years

Forrest Blue, a center with the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Colts in the 1970s, has died at 65 in a California assisted-living facility. According […]
July 19, 2011

Eller Intervenors Ready to Sign Off on End to NFL Lockout With $1 Billion ‘Legacy Fund’

Earlier today on Twitter I speculated that the Carl Eller group of class-action plaintiffs – who are working to coordinate the interests of retired players with […]
July 18, 2011

WWE Drug Testing Again Reveals Its Transparent Opacity

World Wrestling Entertainment’s Luis Ignascio Urive Alvride, the masked Mexican who performs as “Sin Cara” and was known in his native country as “Mistico,” has been […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick