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Keller v. Electronic Arts Inc. et al

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Case Number:

4:09-cv-01967

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Contract: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Claudia Wilken

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  1. July 14, 2015

    Class Attys Get Over $44M In Fees In NCAA Likeness Deal

    A California magistrate judge on Monday awarded class attorneys in a case over allegations of antitrust violations and the improper use of a class of student athletes' likenesses over $44 million in fees, rejecting the majority of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's objections.

  2. July 06, 2015

    Class Attys Blast Objections To Fees In EA, NCAA Deals

    Plaintiffs in a case over allegations of antitrust violations and the improper use of a class of student athletes' likenesses have blasted objections to two settlements totaling $60 million reached with Electronic Arts Inc. and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, saying the objectors fundamentally misunderstand the settlement terms.

  3. May 07, 2015

    Former NBA Player Blasts Attys' Fees In EA Likeness Deal

    A former NBA player in a letter filed Wednesday objected to lawyers collecting 33 percent in fees from a $40 million settlement a class of student-athletes reached with Electronic Arts Inc. and the Collegiate Licensing Co. over allegations of antitrust violations and the improper use of the athletes' likenesses.

  4. April 28, 2015

    Counsel In $60M NCAA Athlete Deal Face Off In Fee Fight

    Attorneys for two factions of the former college athletes who won $60 million in settlements from the National Collegiate Athletics Association and Electronic Arts Inc. for improperly using their likenesses in video games attacked each other's plans for slicing up attorneys fees Monday, pitting counsel in the publicity-rights case against their antitrust counterparts.

  5. April 14, 2015

    NCAA Athletes Request $14M In Attys' Fees For Publicity Suit

    Counsel for athletes who settled with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Electronic Arts Inc. asked a California federal judge on Monday to approve $14 million in fees from a $60 million settlement in a suit accusing the organizations of improperly using their likenesses in video games.

  6. July 24, 2014

    NCAA, EA Win OK For $60M College Athlete Class Deals

    A California federal judge indicated on Thursday that she will preliminarily approve $60 million in settlements in college athletes' cases accusing the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Electronic Arts Inc. of improperly using their likenesses in video games, but sidelined the NCAA's effort to include antitrust claims in the release.

  7. July 03, 2014

    NCAA, EA Told To Tweak $60M College Athlete Class Deals

    A California federal judge considering class settlements for Electronic Arts Inc. to pay $40 million and the NCAA to pay $20 million to college athletes who say their likenesses were used in video games without permission asked the parties to revamp their proposed class notices at a hearing Thursday.

  8. June 09, 2014

    NCAA To Pay $20M To Exit Student-Athlete Publicity Suit

    The NCAA agreed Monday to pay $20 million to settle claims that it violated student-athletes' publicity rights through video games made by Electronic Arts Inc., as a related antitrust trial over the conduct starts.

  9. June 03, 2014

    Attys Seek $15.7M From Ex-NCAA Players For EA Settlement

    Attorneys representing a class of current and former college athletes locked in an antitrust and publicity rights battle with the National Collegiate Athletic Association sought up to $15.7 million in fees and costs Friday as part of a $40 million deal to settle claims against Electronic Arts Inc. and the Collegiate Licensing Co.

  10. May 23, 2014

    NCAA Loses Bid To Combine Student-Athlete Publicity Suits

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association lost its bid to streamline two class actions by student-athletes who claim it violated antitrust law or their publicity rights by letting a video game company use their likenesses without compensating them, when a California federal judge on Friday split up the temporarily consolidated cases. 

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