IN RE NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETE NAME & LIKENESS LICENSING LITIGATION

No. C 09-1967 CW.

IN RE NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETE NAME & LIKENESS LICENSING LITIGATION.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

May 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Michael Keller, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Jon T. King , Hausfeld LLP, Shana E. Scarlett , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Celeste H.G. Boyd, , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC, Pro Hac Vice, Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Pro Hac Vice, Leonard W Aragon , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Pro Hac Vice, Robert B. Carey , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Robert J. Wozniak , Freed Kanner London & Millen, LLC, Pro Hac Vice, Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Pro Hac Vice & Stuart McKinley Paynter , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC.

Edward C. O'Bannon, Jr., Plaintiff, represented by Allan Steyer , Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP, Amanda Heather Kent , Girardi and Keese, Arthur N. Bailey , Arthur N. Bailey & Associates, Arthur Nash Bailey, Jr. , Hausfeld LLP, Bonny E. Sweeney , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Bruce Lee Simon , Pearson, Simon, Warshaw & Penny, LLP, Bruce J. Wecker , Hausfeld LLP, Carl A. Taylor Lopez , Lopez & Fantel, Carmen Anthony Medici , Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd LLP, Christopher Theo Hellums , Pittman Dutton and Hellums, P.C., Christopher L. Lebsock , Hausfeld LLP, Daniel Cohen , Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, Daniel Simon Mason , Derek G. Howard , Minami Tamaki LLP, Donald Scott Macrae , Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP, Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Pro Hac Vice, Edgar Dean Gankendorff , Provosty & Gankendorf LLC, Pro Hac Vice, Ellen Meriwether , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Pro Hac Vice, Eugene A. Spector , Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, PC, Hilary Kathleen Ratway , Hausfeld, LLP, Hilary K. Scherrer , Hausfeld LLP, Jack Simms , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Jay S. Cohen , Spector, Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C., Jay L. Himes , Labaton Sucharow LLP, Jeffrey J. Corrigan , Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, PC, Jeffrey Lawrence Spector , Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis P.C., Jiangxiao Athena Hou , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel &Mason LLP, Joel Cary Meredith , Meredith & Associates, Jon T. King , Hausfeld LLP, Jonathan W. Cuneo , Cuneo Gilbert & Laduca LLP, Lucas Erskine Gilmore , Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP, Michael D. Hausfeld , Hausfeld LLP, Michael Paul Lehmann , Hausfeld LLP, Mitchell J. Rapp , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, Morissa R. Falk , Labaton Sucharow LLP, Renae Diane Steiner , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Pro Hac Vice, Robert G. Eisler , Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Robert William Finnerty , Girardi Keese, Robert J. Wozniak , Freed Kanner London & Millen, LLC, Pro Hac Vice, Ronald J. Aranoff , Bernstein Liebhard LLP., Sathya S Gosselin , Hausfeld LLP, Shawn D. Stuckey , Zelle Hoffmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, Stanley M. Chesley , Waite Schneider Bayless & Chesley, Pro Hac Vice, Tanya Chutkan , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Thomas Kay Boardman , Pearson Simon, Warshaw and Penny, LLP, Thomas V. Girardi , Girardi & Keese, Vincent J. Esades , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Wilbert Benjamin Markovits , Waite Schneider Bayless & Chesley, William G. Caldes , Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C. & William A. Isaacson , Boies Schiller & Flexner.

Bryon Bishop, Plaintiff, represented by Austin B. Cohen , Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, David Haym Weinstein , Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher, Donald Louis Perelman , Fine Kaplan and Black, RPC, Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Pro Hac Vice, Gerald J. Rodos , Barrack Rodos & Bacine, Howard J. Sedran , Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, Jeffrey B. Gittleman , Barrack Rodos & Bacine, Jeremy S. Spiegel , Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC, Joseph C. Kohn , Kohn Swift & Graf P.C., Karl Olson , Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski LLP, Mindee J. Reuben , Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher, LLC, Robert Joseph LaRocca, , Kohn Swift and Graf, P.C., Roberta D. Liebenberg , Fine Kaplan and Black, RPC & Steven A. Asher , Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC.

Michael Anderson, Plaintiff, represented by Tracy Tien , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Bryan L. Clobes , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Pro Hac Vice & Rosemary M. Rivas , Finkelstein Thompson LLP.

Michael E. Davis, Plaintiff, represented by Brian Douglas Henri , Thomas Whitelaw & Tyler LLP & Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Pro Hac Vice.

Bobby C. Maze, Plaintiff, represented by Gordon Ball , Ball & Scott & Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Pro Hac Vice.

Ray Ellis, Plaintiff, represented by Arthur Nash Bailey, Jr. , Hausfeld LLP & Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Pro Hac Vice.

Tate George, Plaintiff, represented by Arthur Nash Bailey, Jr. , Hausfeld LLP & Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Pro Hac Vice.

Craig Newsome, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Eric B. Fastiff , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein,LLP, Daniel E. Gustafson , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Pro Hac Vice, David A. Goodwin , Jason Kilene , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Joseph Richard Saveri , Lieff, Cabraser, Heiman & Bernstein, LLP & Kelly M. Dermody , Leiff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP.

Danny Wimprine, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Tracy Tien , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Bryan L. Clobes , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Ellen Meriwether , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Lee Albert , Murray Frank LLP & Rosemary M. Rivas , Finkelstein Thompson LLP.

Damien Rhodes, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Eric L. Cramer , Berger & Montague, P.C., Eric B. Fastiff , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein,LLP, Joseph Richard Saveri , Lieff, Cabraser, Heiman & Bernstein, LLP, Joshua P. Davis , Law Offices of Joshua P. Davis, Kelly M. Dermody , Leiff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Kendall S. Zylstra , Faruqi and Faruqi, LLP, Pro Hac Vice & Stephen E. Connolly , Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP.

Samuel Jacobson, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Lee Simon , Pearson, Simon, Warshaw & Penny, LLP, Garrett D. Blanchfield, Jr. , Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield, Joe Sibley , Camara & Sibley LLP, Kiwi Alejandro Danao Camara , Camara & Sibley LLP & Thomas Kay Boardman , Pearson Simon, Warshaw and Penny, LLP.

Electronic Arts Inc., Defendant, represented by Daniel Murray Wall , Latham & Watkins LLP, Robert James Slaughter , Keker & Van Nest LLP, Daniel E. Jackson , Keker & Van Nest LLP, Kirsten Marie Ferguson , Latham & Watkins LLP, Robert Adam Lauridsen , Keker & Van Nest LLP, Robert Addy Van Nest , Keker & Van Nest LLP, Steven A. Hirsch , Keker & Van Nest, LLP & Timothy L. O'Mara , Latham & Watkins.

National Collegiate Athletic Association, Defendant, represented by Robert James Wierenga , Schiff Hardin LLP, David P. Borovsky , Long & Levitt LLP, Frederick Richard Juckniess , Schiff Hardin LLP, Glen Robert Olson , Long & Levit LLP, Gregory L. Curtner , Schiff Hardin LLP, Jason Alex Geller , Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP, Jessica Anne Sprovtsoff , Schiff Hardin LLP, Pro Hac Vice, Kimberly K. Kefalas , Schiff Hardin LLP, Kimberly Lynn Scott , Pro Hac Vice, Matthew S. Weiler , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Rocky N. Unruh , Schiff Hardin LLP & Suzanne Wahl , Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC.

Collegiate Licensing Company, Defendant, represented by Amber Melia Trincado , King & Spalding LLP, Cindy Dawn Hanson , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Pro Hac Vice, Constance K. Robinson , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Gregory S. Gilchrist , Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP, James C. Potepan , Attorney at Law, Peter M. Boyle , Kilpatrick Stockton LP, Pro Hac Vice, R. Charles Henn, Jr. , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Sara M. Vanderhoff , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Pro Hac Vice, Svetlana S. Gans , Kilpatrick Stockon LLP & William Howard Brewster , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Pro Hac Vice.

James Brown, James "Jim" Brown, Amicus, represented by Mark Steven Lee , Manatt Phelps & Phillips.

Herbert Anthony Adderley, Amicus, represented by Mark Steven Lee , Manatt Phelps & Phillips.


ORDER DENYING ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS Docket No. 366

CLAUDIA WILKEN, District Judge.

Defendant Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) moves for judgment on the pleadings for the claims asserted against it in the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint (2CAC). Plaintiffs Edward C. O'Bannon, Jr., Harry Flournoy, Alex Gilbert, Sam Jacobson, Thad Jaracz, David Lattin, Patrick Maynor, Tyrone Prothro, Damien Rhodes, Eric Riley, Bob Tallent...

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