EA Sports Litagation?

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GEOFFREY PECOVER and ANDREW OWENS v. ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal. - Oakland Div.)
Case No. 08-cv-02820 CW

If You Purchased Certain Electronic Arts Brand Football Video Games
Between January 1, 2005 to the Present
You May Be a Class Member.

Membership as a class member in the Electronic Arts Litigation is the result of a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland Division (Case No. 08-cv-02820 CW).

What Is This Class Action About?
The class action lawsuit alleges violations of California's antitrust and consumer protection laws in connection with the sale of certain football video games. Plaintiffs, purchasers of Electronic Arts' football video games, claim that Defendant Electronic Arts entered into a series of exclusive licenses with the National Football League (NFL), National Football League Players' Association (NFLPA), National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), and Arena Football League (AFL), which Plaintiffs claim foreclosed competition in an alleged football video game market. Plaintiffs allege that this series of exclusive licenses caused customers who purchased certain football video games to be overcharged.
Defendant Electronic Arts has denied any liability and all allegations of misconduct. The Court has not decided whether the Defendants did anything wrong, and this Notice is not an expression of any opinion by the Court about the merits of any of the claims or defenses asserted by any party to this litigation.

Who Are Class Members?
The Class includes all persons who, during the period January 1, 2005 to the present, purchased the Madden NFL, NCAA Football, or Arena Football League brand video games published by Electronic Arts with a release date of January 1, 2005 to the present. Excluded from the class are purchasers of software for mobile devices, persons purchasing directly from Electronic Arts, persons purchasing used copies of the relevant football video games, and Electronic Arts' employees, officers, directors, legal representatives, and wholly or partly owned subsidiaries or affiliated companies.

What Should I Do? (Getting Further Information)
If you believe that you may be a class member (see above "Who Are Class Members"), you should get more detailed information about the class action and its potential effect on you and your rights. Further information can be obtained by going to the following website: www.easportslitigation.com. Additional information about the lawsuit may be obtained from Plaintiffs' Counsel website at www.hbsslaw.com, or by calling Plaintiffs' Counsel at 1-206-623-7292.

To Remain a Class Member
If you are a class member and you do nothing, you will be bound by the court's rulings in the lawsuit, including any final Settlement or Judgment.

To Exclude Yourself from the Class
(Deadline to Request Exclusion: June 25, 2011)
If you are a class member and you want to exclude yourself from the class and keep your right to sue Defendant, you must take further action before June 25, 2011. By that date, you must request exclusion in writing to this address:
Electronic Arts Litigation Exclusion
P.O. Box 8090
San Rafael CA 94912-8090

Or submit a request for exclusion electronically at the following website: www.easportslitigation.com

For further information about excluding yourself from the class go to the following website:
www.easportslitigation.com

Please do not telephone or address inquiries to the Court.
April 6, 2011. By Order of the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal. - Oakland Div.).


did anyone else get this email? and if so what the hell does it mean, i have absolutely no legal savy. lol

I don't know if the email is legit or not, but I know Epsilon was recently breached and a lot of companies that collected email addresses, including Best Buy and More.

Might wanna google it first.

and yes, I did just get that email....lol

Fr8trainShane wrote:I don't know if the email is legit or not, but I know Epsilon was recently breached and a lot of companies that collected email addresses, including Best Buy and More.

Might wanna google it first.

yeah i saw that on the news about epsilon.. i just forwarded it to my lawyer. idk, seems sketch.

i looked at these links but i still can't figure whether it's legit..

http://www.aolnews.com/2009/05/12/examining-the-ncaa-and-ea-lawsuit-head-down-the-rabbit-hole/

http://www.ea.com/madden-nfl/blog/easports-litigation

http://www.easportslitigation.com/

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426588

seems to be legit....I found a lot of other mentions too....
You can go to the lawyer website representing the plantiffs (link is in the email, just take of the extra "." at the end)

So we can all look forward to our .79 cents

I got this email yesterday and as soon as I saw "Class Action" I deleted it. I hate class action lawsuits. Gimme a break. People stickin their hand out tryin to make a cash grab. Symptomatic of our jacked up entitlement mentality as a society.

COsMiCTrAvO wrote:I got this email yesterday and as soon as I saw "Class Action" I deleted it. I hate class action lawsuits. Gimme a break. People stickin their hand out tryin to make a cash grab. Symptomatic of our jacked up entitlement mentality as a society.

This response is misinformed, self-destructive, and out of place.

You likely have no idea what a Class Action lawsuit is, how it works, or the purposes behind one. Instead, what I'm sensing here, is some kind of gut-reaction response based on the myth of almighty American Individualism..."Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" type of thing.

I am happy to discuss how middle and lower class Americans have been (and are still being) manipulated into voting against their own real interests by that misplaced sentiment, but that is more appropriate for another setting.

Here, that response just isn't even close to applicable, even if I agreed with your idea that our society has a "jacked up entitlement mentality." Suffice it to say that if anyone has a "hand out" in a class action lawsuit, it is the attorneys involved, not the members of the putative class.
Like Shane referenced above, it is often pennies on the dollar, or a coupon or something that the wronged individual receives. (And make no mistake, it is almost certain in a class action that someone HAS been wronged. The defendants in these actions have attorneys too, and they don't make a habit of settling cases out just to be nice.

I'd be happy to explain the public interest arguments and some of the broader procedural rules (and their purposes) involved in a class action, but it is definitely not an example of someone looking for a big payday.

mblammers wrote:

COsMiCTrAvO wrote:I got this email yesterday and as soon as I saw "Class Action" I deleted it. I hate class action lawsuits. Gimme a break. People stickin their hand out tryin to make a cash grab. Symptomatic of our jacked up entitlement mentality as a society.

This response is misinformed, self-destructive, and out of place.

You likely have no idea what a Class Action lawsuit is, how it works, or the purposes behind one. Instead, what I'm sensing here, is some kind of gut-reaction response based on the myth of almighty American Individualism..."Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" type of thing.

I am happy to discuss how middle and lower class Americans have been (and are still being) manipulated into voting against their own real interests by that misplaced sentiment, but that is more appropriate for another setting.

Here, that response just isn't even close to applicable, even if I agreed with your idea that our society has a "jacked up entitlement mentality." Suffice it to say that if anyone has a "hand out" in a class action lawsuit, it is the attorneys involved, not the members of the putative class.
Like Shane referenced above, it is often pennies on the dollar, or a coupon or something that the wronged individual receives. (And make no mistake, it is almost certain in a class action that someone HAS been wronged. The defendants in these actions have attorneys too, and they don't make a habit of settling cases out just to be nice.

I'd be happy to explain the public interest arguments and some of the broader procedural rules (and their purposes) involved in a class action, but it is definitely not an example of someone looking for a big payday.

Point taken on big payday. I wasn't trying to suggest anything other than the fact that I immediately deleted it when it saw a class action. Yes, I do hate class actions and if I'm ignorant maybe my hate is misplaced.
As far as the "classes" being manipulated I totally agree. Who gets to decide what a "class" is anyway? Certain groups are far too eager and happy to define "classes" and have them resent each other, for their own manipulative purposes and gains.