Court Deals Blow to Riddell, Which Sought to Shield Documents in Concussion Case

In a discovery dispute, a federal judge from the District of New Jersey has sided, for the most part, with the class action plaintiffs who are suing Riddell for the allegedly false claims the helmet maker made about one of its products.   The legal battle centered on the plaintiffs' challenge of 272 documents, which Riddell claimed were protected by the attorney-client privilege and other protections.   The court concluded that “most of Riddell's documents are not privileged (because