Class Action Seeks Compensation for Use of Likeness of Former NCAA Players By Ian B. Brooks – Edited by Sarah Sorscher Class Action Complaint, O’Bannon v. NCAA, No. CV 09-3329 (N.D. Cal. July 21, 2009) Complaint Former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) player Edward C. O’Bannon, Jr. filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of former NCAA student-athletes in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against the NCAA, the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), and multiple alleged ... Read More...

Governor Schwarzenegger’s Video Game Act Terminated by the Ninth Circuit By Brittany Blueitt- Edited by Anna Lamut Video Software Dealers Assoc. v. Schwarzenegger February 20, 2009, Case No. 07-16620 Opinion The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, enjoining the enforcement of an Act that imposed a mandatory labeling requirement for all “violent” video games and prohibited the sale of such games to ... Read More...