June 15, 2017
A Georgia federal judge on Thursday denied a bid to impose sanctions in a Georgia media production company's $45 million racketeering suit over an aborted deal to produce original African-American content, saying Thursday that the company's "less-than-ideal lawyering" did not amount to bad faith litigation conduct.
February 15, 2017
A film and TV production company urged a Georgia federal judge on Tuesday not to impose sanctions in a now-dismissed $45 million lawsuit alleging former NBA player Theo Ratliff and others conspired to shut it out of a prospective deal involving the EB-5 program, saying its attorneys did not act in bad faith.
July 01, 2016
A Georgia federal judge refused to give a film and TV production company "a third bite at the apple" Thursday in its $45 million lawsuit alleging former NBA player Theo Ratliff and others conspired to shut it out of a prospective deal involving the EB-5 program.
June 29, 2016
A film and TV production company asked a Georgia federal court on Tuesday to let it file a pared down complaint in its $45 million lawsuit alleging former NBA player Theo Ratliff and others conspired to shut it out of a prospective deal involving the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program.
June 01, 2016
A Georgia federal court Tuesday dismissed a $45 million lawsuit from a film and TV studio alleging that former NBA player Theo Ratliff and others conspired to shut it out of a prospective deal with foreign investors, expressing "grave concerns" about letting the case proceed.
January 20, 2016
A film and TV studio suing former NBA All-Star Theo Ratliff and others for allegedly conspiring to shut it out of a prospective deal with foreign investors fought to save its $45 million case in Georgia federal court Tuesday, saying its lawsuit was clearly written and supported by facts.
January 05, 2016
Former NBA All-Star Theo Ratliff and others asked a Georgia federal judge on Monday to dismiss a film production studio's renewed $45 million suit over an unsuccessful EB-5 immigrant investor deal, saying an amended complaint suffers from the same "confusing" claims as the previously dismissed complaint.
December 07, 2015
A film production studio has renewed its $45 million suit against former NBA journeyman Theo Ratliff and several entertainment companies over an unsuccessful EB-5 immigrant investor deal, filing an amended complaint Friday after the first one was tossed for being too "confusing."
November 12, 2015
A film production studio will have to rewrite its $45 million suit against former NBA journeyman Theo Ratliff and several entertainment companies over an unsuccessful EB-5 immigrant investor deal because its complaint is "confusing," a Georgia federal judge ruled Thursday.
May 22, 2015
Former National Basketball Association journeyman Theo Ratliff and various entertainment-related companies facing a $45 million suit over an unsuccessful EB-5 funding deal asked a Georgia federal judge on Wednesday to let them file counterclaims that might be time-barred when the suit, now on hold, resumes.