Class Certification Denial Won’t Be Reconsidered In Madden Game Likeness Suit

(September 19, 2018, 1:18 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Sept. 5 denied a motion for leave to seek reconsideration of an order denying a second motion for class certification in a lawsuit over the alleged use of former professional football players’ likenesses in the “Madden NFL” video game by Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), opining that individual issues predominate (Michael E. Davis, et al. v. Electronic Arts Inc., No. 10-3328, N.D. Calif.)....