Lawyer fights lender who advanced cash against NFL concussion fees

A lawyer who represented hundreds of players in a $1 billion concussion settlement with the National Football League is fighting an arbitrator’s order to repay some $2.3 million in high-interest loans from a litigation funder. In his filing with U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh in Philadelphia, lawyer Craig Mitnick accuses Balanced Bridge and its lawyers at Fox Rothschild of taking advantage of him and violating “the cannons (sic) of ethics.” More from Legal Newsline.