MGA Entertainment Inc v. Mattel Inc et al

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NOTICE of Related Case(s) filed by Defendant Mattel Inc. Related Case(s): Case No. CV 04-9049 DOC (RNBx), consolidated with Case No. CV 04-9059 and Case No. CV 05-2727 (Proctor, Brett)

MGA Entertainment Inc v. Mattel Inc et al

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1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP John B. Quinn (Bar No. 090378) 2 ([e-mail]) Michael T. Zeller (Bar No. 196417) 3 ([e-mail]) 865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor 4 Los Angeles, California 90017-2543 5 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 6 Attorneys for Mattel, Inc., and Robert A. 7 Eckert 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION CASE NO. CV 11-1063 JHN (AJWx) Related Cases: Case No. CV 04-9049 DOC (RNBx) Consolidated With: Case No. CV 04-09059 Case No. CV 05-02727 Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen MATTEL, INC.'S NOTICE OF RELATED CASES

11 MGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a California corporation, 12 Plaintiff, 13 vs. 14 MATTEL, INC., a Delaware 15 corporation, and ROBERT A. ECKERT 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Case No. CV 11-1063 JHN (AJWx) MATTEL, INC.'S NOTICE OF RELATED CASES Dockets.Justia.com

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Pursuant to Local Rule 83-1.3, Defendants Mattel, Inc. and Robert A. Eckert

2 (collectively "Mattel") hereby provide notice of related consolidated cases currently 3 pending in the Central District of California. Such cases arise from the same or a 4 closely related transaction, happening, or event as the 11-1063 case presently before 5 this Court, call for determination of the same or substantially related or similar 6 questions of law and fact, and would entail substantial duplication of labor if heard 7 by different judges: 8 9 10 11 12 Bryant v. Mattel, Inc., Case No. CV 04-9049 DOC (RNBx); Consolidated With: Mattel, Inc. v. Bryant, Case No. CV 04-9059; MGA Entertainment, Inc. v. Mattel, Inc., Case No. CV 05-2727. MGA Entertainment, Inc. ("MGA") filed the 11-1063 case against Mattel on

13 February 3, 2011, asserting claims for alleged violation of Section 2 of the Sherman 14 Act (15 U.S.C. § 2), abuse of process, and violation of Section 17043 of the 15 California Business and Professions Code (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17043). MGA 16 served its summons and complaint on Mattel on February 4, 2011. 17 The facts allegedly giving rise to MGA's antitrust and abuse of process

18 claims in the 11-1063 case include the same facts underlying MGA's pending trade 19 secret and unfair competition claims and its RICO and wrongful injunction claims 20 that were previously dismissed by the Court. In addition to alleging the same facts 21 supporting its claims in the related cases, MGA acknowledges in the 11-1063 22 complaint that the related cases are relevant to Mattel's statute of limitations and res 23 judicata defenses. 24 On February 3, 2011, MGA filed its Notice of Related Cases and

25 acknowledged that the cases "call for determination of substantially related or 26 similar questions of law" and "assignment of the present action to a different judge . 27 . . would likely entail substantial duplication of labor because the legal issues 28 involved significant overlap." Dkt. No. 3 at 1.
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Case No. CV 11-1063 JHN (AJWx) MATTEL, INC.'S NOTICE OF RELATED CASES

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Based on the foregoing, Mattel respectfully submits that the present action

2 qualifies for related case transfer. 3 4 DATED: February 7, 2011 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP By /s/ Michael T. Zeller Michael T. Zeller Attorneys for Mattel, Inc. and Robert A. Eckert

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