GRAVANO v. TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC (2018)

Court of Appeals of New York.

Karen GRAVANO, Appellant, v. TAKE–TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., et al., Respondents.

No. 23

Decided: March 29, 2018

Law Office of Thomas A. Farinella, PC, New York City (Thomas A. Farinella of counsel), for appellant. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York City (Jeremy Feigelson, Jared I. Kagan and Alexandra P. Swain of counsel), for respondents. Patrick S. Kabat, The First Amendment and the Arts Project, The Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & The Arts, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, for Jarryd Huntley, amicus curiae. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York City (Robert D. Balin and Samuel M. Bayard of counsel), and Los Angeles, California (Kelli L. Sager of counsel), for The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. and another, amici curiae. Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C. (Kenneth L. Doroshow and Devi M. Rao of counsel), and Stanley Pierre-Louis, Entertainment Software Association, Washington, D.C., for Entertainment Software Association, amicus curiae. Dentons US LLP, New York City (Michael A. Bamberger and Richard M. Zuckerman of counsel), for American Booksellers Association and others, amici curiae. Hartman & Winnicki, P.C., Ridgewood, New Jersey (Daniel L. Schmutter of counsel), and Eugene Volokh, Scott & Cyan Banister First Amendment Clinic, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California, for Eric M. Freedman and others, amici curiae.