A Michigan couple’s class-action lawsuit against Pokemon Go alleges the popular augmented reality game is ruining a local public park. Scott and Jayme Dodich of St. Clair Shores said in their class-action suit, filed last week in northern California, that the game developed by San Francisco-based Niantic has been drawing an unusual number of visitors to …
After last Sunday’s Hall of Fame game was cancelled on account of poor field conditions, lawyer Michael Avenatti filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL seeking compensation for losses incurred by fans that attended the cancelled game. According to NBC Sports, Avenatti sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday morning with a settlement offer. Reports say that the lawyer …
If customers who incurred unnecessary expenses to attend the NFL game in Canton that wasn’t played in Canton (or anywhere else) on Sunday night want to be reimbursed for those expenses, they’ll have to hire a lawyer. The Hall of Fame has posted at its website the procedures for obtaining a refund, and the policy refers only to the price of the tickets. The window for obtaining refunds will be …
So here’s something we should have all seen coming: A guy is trying to sue pretty much everyone involved with Pokemon Go because the game placed Pokemon in his yard without asking his permission first. Yes, he is quite literally suing Niantic, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company because those damn kids won’t get off his lawn. A quick bit of back story, in case you’ve missed the other 5,362 …
Anyone caught doping at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio will be punished. But at least these athletes won’t be in trouble for violating copyright law. The same can’t be said of those in the eSports arena, whose performance-enhancing methods are increasingly spelling lawsuits.
New Jersey resident Jeffrey Marder filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Niantic Labs on Monday, claiming that the game Pokémon Go entices players to trespass by placing Pokéstops and gyms on private property without the owners’ permission. The lawsuit seeks compensation and a change in the game’s …
Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Niantic, Inc. (“Niantic”), The Pokémon Company (“Pokémon Co.”), and Nintendo Co. Ltd. (“Nintendo”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Niantic, a software development company, is the developer and publisher of the Pokémon Go mobile game. …
Former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown received $600,000 from video-game maker Electronic Arts to dismiss a case brought by the Pro Football Hall of Famer for his unauthorized appearance in the company’s “Madden” video game. The judgment, which was announced Tuesday by Hagens Berman, the firm representing him, will …
No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has revealed a three-year long lawsuit brought by broadcasting giant Sky. The legal dispute, over the use of ‘Sky’ in the game’s name, has only come to light now it has been concluded.
Karen Zeidel’s father had vanished in a fog of unceasing headaches and tremors of rage. The tender, chivalrous gentleman her mother, Marie, met when she was 17 had deteriorated into a husk. For decades after his tough-guy hockey career, Larry Zeidel fell into a spiral of bizarre behavior and …