Afternoon Briefs: Judge orders negotiation on 'race-norming’ claim in NFL case; judiciary considers amicus disclosure
Judge tosses challenge to ‘race-norming’ in dementia tests U.S. District Judge Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit challenging “race-norming” in dementia tests used to determine which retired NFL players qualify for compensation in a concussion settlement. Brody said the league and the class counsel in the $1 billion settlement should resolve the issue by negotiation. That apparently cuts out the lawyer who sued for Black players, who say the testing assumes that Black athletes have lower cognitive functioning than their white counterparts. That baseline requires Black athletes to show a greater cognitive decline to qualify for compensation. (ABC News, the Associated Press)