Ep. 203: NFL Drops Race-Based Tests For Concussion Payouts

Published: June 4, 2021, 4 a.m.

The NFL has agreed to end the use of a controversial race-based method of evaluating brain damage claims as part of its billion-dollar concussion settlement, months after a federal judge said she was \u201cconcerned\u201d by the practice. On this week\u2019s show, we\u2019re breaking down the controversy, the NFL\u2019s new move and what it means going forward. Plus, a Supreme Court ruling on a federal hacking law that critics warned could criminalize normal internet users; and more blowback from the bench for law firm Robbins Geller, this time over \u201creprehensible" efforts to steer a case toward a Long Island courthouse.