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. May 31, 2012

    NCAA Calls Bill Russell's Antitrust Suit A Publicity Grab

    The NCAA on Wednesday lambasted Bill Russell's allegations that the league violated antitrust law and conspired with Electronic Arts Inc. to improperly profit off player likenesses, saying the former basketball great's class action is filled with ploys to garner media attention.

  2. May 16, 2012

    EA Fumbles In Bid To Dismiss NCAA Likeness Suit

    A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss claims against Electronic Arts Inc. in antitrust multidistrict litigation that accuses it of conspiring to deprive former college athletes of compensation for the use of their likenesses in video games.

  3. March 15, 2012

    Fox, Big Ten Say NCAA Athletes Owe $125K In Sanctions

    Fox Broadcasting Co., the Big Ten Network LLC and the Big Ten Conference Inc. on Wednesday sought nearly $125,000 in sanctions against a number of former college athletes in the players' putative antitrust class action over the use of their likenesses in NCAA-branded productions and products.

  4. October 21, 2011

    Old Testimony Out Of Bounds In NCAA Antitrust Suit: Judge

    A California federal judge on Thursday blocked efforts by a class of current and former college basketball and football players to use a book and a 2007 deposition by former NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers in a putative antitrust class action against the association.

  5. September 07, 2011

    NCAA Athletes Seek Ex-Director's Testimony In EA Suit

    College athletes in an antitrust class action against Electronic Arts Inc. and the National Collegiate Athletic Association asked a California federal judge for permission Wednesday to use testimony from a former NCAA director that was taken in a separate lawsuit.

  6. July 28, 2011

    EA Can't Shake NCAA Players' Revised Antitrust Claims

    A California federal judge on Thursday denied Electronic Arts Inc.'s bid to toss revised antitrust claims brought by college athletes who say the video game maker conspired with the National Collegiate Athletic Association to improperly profit off of their likenesses.

  7. May 03, 2011

    EA Elbows Out NCAA Players' Antitrust Claims

    A California federal judge on Monday nixed putative class antitrust claims that Electronic Arts Inc. plotted with the NCAA and its licensing firm to profit improperly off college athletes' likenesses.

  8. January 19, 2011

    NCAA, EA Seek To Dismiss Athletes' Publicity Rights Suit

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association and Electronic Arts Inc. have asked a judge to dismiss the putative class action brought by former student athletes accusing the NCAA, EA and The Collegiate Licensing Co. of antitrust and right of publicity violations.

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