Did You Get An Email From EA Sports Litigation?

I am going to do my best job at translating this for you @Billy Aoki

This is from the chart at the bottom of the page.

Remain A Class Member:

If you want to remain a class member, you do not need to take any further action at this time. You will automatically remain a class member. (See below "What Happens If I Do Not Exclude Myself?")

This part means that if you want to be a part of the court case sueing EA then you don't need to do anything else at this time.

If you remain a class member, you will be bound by the Court's rulings in the lawsuit, including any final Settlement or Judgment. However, you can object to or comment on any proposed Settlement, and you also have the right to appear in Court.

It says that if you remain a member then you cannot sue EA again for the same thing. You have to go along with the ruling the court brings during this case. However, you are allowed to show up in court and to comment or object to something being said.

The Court has appointed Class Counsel to represent all class members. Class Counsel is obligated to protect and pursue the interests of all class members. There is no cost to you to be represented by Class Counsel. You can also hire your own attorney at your own cost.

You are being represented by something called "Class Counsel" which is just a bunch of lawyers. It also says that if you want to you can hire your own attorney but you must pay for him/her.

In the event that there is a trial and a judgment on behalf of the class, Class Counsel will be entitled to seek reasonable attorneys' fees and reimbursement of expenses. Class Counsel will request an amount to be approved by the Court and in any case the amount of attorneys' fees will not exceed 25 percent of the recovery to the class, after reimbursement of expenses.

This says that if the people for a lawsuit win then there will be money from the suit that goes to pay the attorneys'. the fees will not be more than 25% of the total pay out.

Exclude yourself:

If you do not want to be a class member, you must elect to opt out.

This means if you don't want to be part of the suit then you must choose not to be.

If you want to exclude yourself from the class, opt out, and keep your right to sue Defendant, you must take further action. (See below "How Do I Exclude Myself From the Class?")

This means that if you want to sue the defendant on your own then you must exclude yourself from the case.

To exclude yourself from the class, you must do so in writing or electronically via the Request Exclusion link above by June 25, 2011.

To exclude yourself see this link: http://www.easportslitigation.com/exclude.html

Any class member who excludes himself or herself from the class will not be eligible to share in any recovery or settlement of any kind in this action. You will, however, retain whatever legal rights you may have against Defendant with regard to the claims that are the subject of this litigation.

This means that if you exclude yourself from the case, if this lawsuit wins then you will not get and of the money. However, you will be able to sue EA on your own terms and own money which you would not have been able to do if you join.

Keep in mind I am not a lawyer, however I do like reading over these types of things to see what they mean. I am considering becoming a lawyer when I am older.

I haven't gotten the email.

However with some research here is a website on EA's site talking about it. http://www.ea.com/madden-nfl/blog/easports-litigation and it links to the site mentioned in the email that you got.

So from what i can tell it is a legitimate email.

I have bought games since 2055 so I am going to have to look into this.

Someone mind telling me what's this about, in the most simplest terms possible? All these legal and complicated descriptions is giving me a headache...