Ramirez v. Electronic Arts: What You Sign Is What You Get

By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Kevin Ramirez began playing Electronic Arts Inc. (“EA”) games in 2011.  He started with EA’s FIFA game and added Madden NFL Game in 2013.  After playing EA games for eight years, Ramirez decided that EA was violating California’s anti-gambling law.  So, in October 2013 Ramirez filed a putative class action against EA.  EA responded with a motion to compel arbitration.  Ramirez opposed it, but the U.S. District Court in San Jose gr