WHO GOT THE WORK?℠ - Lawyers at Kelley Drye & Warren on Friday stepped in to defend Take-Two Interactive, removing a class action against the video game company to Illinois Northern District Court. The suit, brought by McGuire Law, accuses the defendant of deceptive marketing practices in regard to the sale of virtual currency for use in its NBA 2K game. The suit brings claims on behalf of all players who purchased virtual currency as well as a subclass of minors. The case is 1:22-cv-01019, L.A., by and through her Guardian Maurice Andrews, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated individuals v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar and check out the most recent edition of Law.com’s Who Got the Work?℠ column to find out which law firms and lawyers are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.
FLAG ON THE PLAY - McKool Smith and other law firms filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Monday in California Central District Court arising from Fox Sports and other defendants’ recent announcement that their “United States Football League” will debut in April. The complaint was brought on behalf of the Real USFL, which accuses the defendants of creating an “unabashed counterfeit” of the football league of the same name which existed for a limited time in the 1980s, including misappropriation of the original logo and team names. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 2:22-cv-01350, The Real USFL, LLC v. Fox Sports Inc et al. Stay up on the latest deals and litigation with the new Law.com Radar.
