Federal Court Cases

On May 29, 2012, Tomcat Films, LLC filed a lawsuit against something like 350 Internet accountholders.  On June 25, 2012, the Court granted Tomcat leave to take early discovery, and shortly afterward it served subpoenas on various Internet Service Providers. In July, Internet customers began receiving letters or email notifications from their ISPs, such as…

Yesterday the Middle District of Florida granted Plaintiff NU IMAGE, INC. an extension of time in which to name and serve the 3,932 Doe Defendants it is pursuing in Nu Image, Inc. v. Does 1-3932, 2:11-cv-545-FtM-29SPC. The lawsuit was originally filed on September 26, 2011.  In federal court, a plaintiff generally has 120 days in…

Attorney Conlin is currently filing motions to quash on behalf of anonymous “John Does” in Celestial, Inc. v Does 1-378, Case No. 2:12-cv-83.  The case was filed against 378 anonymous “John Does” in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, and several waves of letters have gone out from ISPs, such as Comcast or…