The Supreme Court will not review a ruling that a class settlement creating a fund to help former professional football players market their personality rights created tangible value for the class members Marshall v. National Football Leaguereview denied).
The court had been asked whether under Rule 23(b)(3), a settlement was “fair, reasonable, and adequate” when it provided no guaranteed benefit to readily identifiable class members.
The dispute goes back to 2009, when former NFL players brought a class action claim against the National Football League, alleging that the NFL was engaging in commercial misappropriation of their identities.
In 2013, ...
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