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Case No.: 2:15-cv-01045-RFB-(PAL) PLAINTIFFS’ OPPPOSITION TO ZUFFA’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Public Version (Redacted)
Eric L. Cramer (
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) Michael Dell’Angelo (
Pro Hac Vice
) Patrick F. Madden (
Pro Hac Vice
) Mark R. Suter (
Pro Hac Vice
) BERGER|MONTAGUE PC 1818 Market Street, Suite 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 875-3000 Facsimile: (215) 875-4604 ecramer@bm.net mdellangelo@bm.net pmadden@bm.net msuter@bm.net
Co-Lead Counsel for the Classes and Attorneys for Individual and Representative Plaintiffs Cung Le, Nathan Quarry, Jon Fitch, Luis Javier Vazquez, Brandon Vera, and Kyle Kingsbury (Additional counsel appear on signature page)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA
Cung Le, Nathan Quarry, Jon Fitch, Brandon Vera, Luis Javier Vazquez, and Kyle Kingsbury, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Zuffa, LLC, d/b/a Ultimate Fighting Championship and UFC, Defendant. Case No.: 2:15-cv-01045-RFB-PAL
PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TO ZUFFA’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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GLOSSARY
OF
ABBREVIATIONS
For the convenience
of
the Court
and
efficiency, Plaintiffs Opposition
to
Zuffa s Motion for Summary Judgment uses the following abbreviations:
Ex
pert Reports
Abbreviation
Exhibit
Expert
Repo11
of
Hal J. Singer, Ph.D. (August
31
, 2017)
SRI
Rebuttal
Expe11 Repo11
of
Hal
J
Singer, Ph.D. (January
12
, SR2 2 2018) Supplemental
Expe11 Repo11
of
Hal
J. Singer, Ph.D. (April
SR3 3 3, 2018) Second Supplemental Reply
Repo11
of
Hal
J
Singer, Ph.D. SR4 4 (May 28, 2018) Expert
Repo11
of
Andrew Zimbalist in
Cung
Le
et a
l
v.
ZRl
5
Zuffa
LL
(August 30, 2017) Expert Rebuttal
Repo11
of
Andrew Zimbalist (December 26,
ZR
6 2017) Expert Rebuttal
Repo11
of
Professor Alan Manning (January
MRI
7
12
, 2018) Expert
Repo11
of
Guy
A.
Davis, CPA, CIRA, CDBV, CFE
GDRl
8 (August
31
, 2017) Expert
Repo11
of
Professor
Robe11
H. Topel (October 27,
TRI
9 2017)
De
po
sitions Abbreviation
Ex
hibit
Deposition
of
Nathan
Quany
(September 30, 2016) QuaITyTr. Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition
of
Kirk D. Hendrick
on behalf
of
Hendrick
12
,
13
Zuffa, LLC (November 29-30, 2016)
30(b)(6) Tr. Rule 30(b 6) Deposition
of
Dee
Lawrence Epstein
on
behalf
Epstein
4
of
Zuffa, LLC (December 2, 2016)
30(b)(6) Tr. Deposition
of
Denitza Batchvarova (January 25, 2017) Batchvarova
15
Tr. Deposition
of
Kurt Otto (Febmary 6, 2017) Otto Tr. 16
Case
No.
: 2:15-cv-01045-RFB-{PAL)
PLAINTIFFS
OPPPOSITION
1
ZUFFA S MOTION
FOR
SUMMARY
ruDGMENT
Public Version (Redacted)
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Depositions continued) Abbreviation Exhibit
Deposition
of
Thomas J. Atencio (February 9-10, 2017) Atencio Tr. 17 Deposition
of
Jon
Fitch
Febmaiy
15, 2017) Fitch Tr. 18 Deposition
of
Brandon Vera
Febmaiy
16, 2017)
Vera
Tr. 19 Deposition
of
Kyle
Kingsbmy
(Febrnary 17, 2017)
Kingsbmy
Tr. 20 Deposition
of
Jeremy Lappen Febmaiy
28, 2017)
Lappen
Tr.
21
Deposition
of
Lorenzo
J
Fertitta (March 23, 2017) Fertitta Tr. 22
Deposition
of
Shannon Knapp (April
11
, 201 7) Knapp Tr. 23 Deposition
of
Sean
Shelby
(April 12, 2017) Shelby Tr.
24
Deposition
of
John Mulkey
(April 19, 2017)
Mulkey
Tr. 25 Deposition
of
Jeffrey
Arnnson
(April 25, 2017) Arnnson Tr.
26 Rule
30(b)(6) Deposition
of
Drew Goldman on
behalf
of
Deutsche 27 Deutsche
Bank
(April 28,
2017
)
Bank
30(b)(6) Tr. Deposition
of
Ike
Lawrence
Epstein
May
25, 2017) Epstein Tr. 28 Deposition
of
Joseph Silva (June 7, 2017) J. Silva Tr. 29
Deposition
of
Scott
Coker
(August 3, 2017)
Coker
Tr.
30
Deposition
of
Dana
F.
White
(August 9-10, 2017)
White
Tr.
31
,32,33
Deposition
of
Hal
J
Singer, Ph.D. (September 27, 2017) Singer Tr.
34
,
4
( excerpted) Deposition
of
Paul
Oyer
(November 29, 2017) (excerpted)
Oyer
Tr. 35 Deposition
ofRobeli
Topel (December 5-6, 2017) Topel Tr. 36,37
Deposition
of
Roger
D.
Blair December
8-9,
2017)
Blair Tr. 38,39
Case No.: 2:15-cv-01045-RFB-(PAL)
PLAINTIFFS
OPPPOSIDON
TO ZUFFA S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Public Version Redacted)
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