Calif. Federal Judge: No Pseudonym For Former NFL Cheerleader In Wage Class Suit

Mealey's (February 24, 2017, 12:54 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The rights of the public, the press and the class she is seeking to represent outweigh the privacy interests of the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing NFL Enterprises LLC and individual teams of conspiring to suppress the wages of cheerleaders, a California federal judge ruled Feb. 22, denying the plaintiff’s motion to proceed using a pseudonym (Jane Doe, et al. v. NFL Enterprises LLC, et al., No. 17-496, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24991)....