A U.S. District Court judge in Baltimore has ordered the NFL’s pension plan to pay higher disability benefits to a retired player who apparently is suffering from an illness caused by multiple concussions. Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled last week ...

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Seven lawyers from Zuckerman Spaeder LLP's Baltimore office have been recognized in the 2014 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America."

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Seven lawyers from Zuckerman Spaeder's Baltimore office were honored in the new edition of "Benchmark Litigation."

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Zuckerman Spaeder's Baltimore office has been named the "Top-Listed" firm for white-collar criminal defense in Maryland in the 2013 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America."

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In researching the NFL’s pension plan for today’s Maryland Lawyer cover story, one thing made no sense: If the Retirement Board consists of representatives from the league and the players’ union, why wouldn’t the union people always side with the ...

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When Cy Smith decided to take on the National Football League six years ago, he was not thinking about the notoriety that would follow. All he saw was an employee with a compelling case against his employer’s pension plan. That ...

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