Nitro TV Piracy Suit Moved to Different Judge

Citing personal ownership of stock in AT&T, one of the plaintiffs, U.S. District Judge John Kronstadt of Los Angeles ordered (docket 20-cv-03129, in Pacer) video piracy litigation brought by the company and other content companies against streaming service Nitro TV (see 2004060063) transferred to Judge Dean Pregerson. Judge Michael Fitzgerald, who handled similar content company litigation against another alleged pirate streaming service, Tickbox, had declined transfer, saying it involved "different defendants, different attorneys and different software."