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Litigation

Aug. 10, 2012

Class counsel sanctioned for excessive discovery demands

Plaintiffs' lawyers in a potential antitrust class action over the alleged misuse of college athletes' likenesses in videogames were sanctioned late Tuesday by a federal judge for overstepping in discovery demands on nonparties.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Plaintiffs' lawyers in a potential antitrust class action over the alleged misuse of college athletes' likenesses in videogames were sanctioned late Tuesday by a federal judge in San Francisco for overstepping in discovery demands on nonparties.


U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins ordered class counsel to pay $67,000 to nonparties Big Ten Conference and its television network and Fox Bro...

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