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In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation

Publication Date: 2013-07-31
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Date Filed: 2013-07-31
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Claudia A. Wilken, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and Gordon J. Quist, Senior District Judge.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steve W. Berman (argued) and Erin K. Flory, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Robert Carey and Leonard Aragon, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
for defendant: Kelli L. Sager (argued), Alonzo Wickers IV, Karen A. Henry, Lisa J. Kohn and Anna R. Buono, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, California; Robert A. Van Nest, Steven A. Hirsch and R. James Slaughter, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellant. Douglas E. Mirell, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. Amy E. Margolin, Bien & Summers, San Francisco, California; Michael Rubin and P. Casey Pitts, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae National Football League Players Association, Major League Baseball Players Association, National Basketball Players Association, National Hockey League Players' Association, and Major League Soccer Players Union. Thomas R. Carpenter and Purvi Patel, American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, New York, New York; Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and Danielle S. Van Lier, Screen Actors Guild, Inc., Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae Screen Actors Guild, Inc., American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, Writers Guild of America, West, Inc., Creative Property Rights Alliance, Fifty Six Hope Road Music Ltd., Luminary Group LLC, Thomas Steinbeck, and Gail Knight Steinbeck. Nathan Siegel and Lee Levine, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P., Washington, District of Columbia, for Amici Curiae Advance Publications, A&E Television Networks, Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Association of American Publishers, Activision, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Capcom USA, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, E! Entertainment Television, ESPN, First Amendment Coalition, First Amendment Project, Freedom Communications, The Gannett Company, Gawker Media, Hybrid Films, ITV Studios, Konami Digital Entertainment, The Los Angeles Times, The McClatchy Company, Namco Bandai Games America, Original Productions, The Press­Enterprise Company, Radio Television Digital News Association, Sirens Media, Take Two Interactive Software, Thq, Viacom, The Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, and Wenner Media. Gregory L. Cutner and Robert J. Wierenga, Schiff Harden, LLP, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Rocky N. Unruh, Schiff Hardin, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae National Collegiate Athletic Association.** ** The NCAA's motion to file its amicus brief is GRANTED.
Case Number: No. 10-15387

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8156 IN RE: NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETE NAME & LIKENESS LICENSING LITIGATION, SAMUEL MICHAEL KELLER;

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for AmTrust Bank, Plaintiff v. The Mortgage Zone, Inc., Defendants, 08-CV-3369 (TCP)

Publication Date: 2010-10-19
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Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
Judge: District Judge Thomas C. Platt
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Case Number: 08-CV-3369 (TCP)

Cite as: Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. The Mortgage Zone, Inc., 08-CV-3369 (TCP), NYLJ 1202473476782, at *1 (EDNY, Decided October 12, 2010)District Judge Thoma

January 24, 2000 | Legal Times

Staring Down The FTC

In the world of antitrust law, it's the equivalent of the showdown at the O.K. Corral. Some see it as a bluff. Others call it a calculated risk. Either way, the looming battle pitting BP Amo

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Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights v. City and County of San Francisco

Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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Date Filed: 2010-10-22
Court: 9th Cir.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Joseph Muise, Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the appellants.
for defendant: Vince Chhabria, Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco, California, for the appellees. Michael Newdow, Sacramento, California, for amicus curiae Michael Newdow. Bridget Jeanne Wilson, Rosenstein, Wilson & Dean, P.L.C., San Diego, California, for amicus curiae DignityUSA. Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine, California, for amicus curiae Law Professors Alan Brownstein, Jordan Budd, and Erwin Chemerinsky. David Blair-Loy, ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties, San Diego, California, for amicus curiae ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties.
Case Number: No. 06-17328

Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 13392CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS; RICHARD SONNENSHEIN; VALERIE MEEHAN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

September 20, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Top 20 Personal Injury Awards of the Year

Here are the largest personal injury verdicts reported by the Law Journal for the 12 months ending Aug. 30, 2004, ranked in order of their value as of date of verdict or settlement.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP v. Cedar Resources, Inc.

Publication Date: 1999-09-10
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Date Filed: 1999-09-10
Court: In the District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District
Judge: ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Roehn, Jodi L. Corrigan, and Lorien Smith Johnson
for defendant: Gary N. Strohauer
Case Number: No. 99-00144

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.The appellants, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC ("PWC") and Michael Willis ("Willis"), appeal the trial court's d

In re Marriage of Nicholas

Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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Date Filed: 2010-07-29
Court: C.A. 4th
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rutan & Tucker, Richard K. Howell, Steven J. Goon and Gerard M. Mooney for Appellant.
for defendant: No appearance for Respondent Stacey Nicholas. Davis Wright Tremaine, Kelli L. Sager, Alonzo Wickers IV and Robyn Aronson for Respondent Los Angeles Times Communications LLC.
Case Number: No. G042365

Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 9754In re the Marriage of STACEY and HENRY T. NICHOLAS. STACEY NICHOLAS et al., Respondent,

August 5, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Court Rejects Temple's Sexual Harassment Policy

Temple University's now-abandoned sexual harassment policy was declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court on First Amend

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Das v. Bank of America, N.A.

Publication Date: 2010-07-13
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Date Filed: 2010-06-02
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Baishali Kaustubh, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Severson & Werson, Chaise R. Bivin, Eduardo Martorell and Jan T. Chilton for Defendant and Respondent.
Case Number: No. B221002

Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 8947BAISHALI DAS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendant and R

July 24, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

No Harm, No Foul for Foul-Mouthed Attorney

A lawyer who used the "F-word" when arguing with other lawyers on the phone and in depositions should not have been hit with stiff sanctions since none of her foul language occurred in court,

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