Has Thomas P. Riley Filed More Boxing Piracy Lawsuits Than Any Other Attorney?

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Have You Received a Letter From Attorney Thomas P. Riley? Are You Being Sued by G & G Closed Circuit Events, etc.?

Thomas P. Riley Only Litigates the Issue of Boxing Piracy

Thomas P. Riley’s Clients Are Almost Entirely Boxing Promoters with Pay-Per-View or Streaming Apps

Thomas P. Riley Has Been Filing These Lawsuits since 1994, and Shows No Sign of Stopping

Thomas P. Riley Files Federal Lawsuits Mostly in California, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, as well as Texas, Arkansas, New York and Elsewhere

Every Lawsuit Thomas P. Riley Has Filed

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Have You Received a Letter From Attorney Thomas P. Riley? Are You Being Sued by G & G Closed Circuit Events, etc.?

If you just received a letter in the mail from Thomas P. Riley, you may be wondering: Who is this guy, and why is he exaggerating or making false allegations that my business illegally displayed a boxing match available on pay-per-view or a streaming service?

Well, you’re not alone! In just the Central District of California, covering Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Ventura County, Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County, Mr. Riley has filed a staggering 2,834 cases, all on behalf of boxing promoters claiming illegal showings of their boxing matches.

DAZN App – Boxing Piracy

Nationwide, the number is a staggering 5,227 as of the writing of this blog post, and probably even more by the time you read this! We conducted some statistics on this mind-boggling number of federal cases relating to alleged piracy of boxing events, generally pay-per-view or modern streaming services, such as the DAZN and FITE app.

Thomas P. Riley Only Litigates the Issue of Boxing Piracy

For starters, virtually every case filed by Thomas P. Riley relates to the same issue of piracy.

Type of Lawsuit	Number of Cases filed by Thomas P. Riley
Cable/Sat TV	3033
Other Statutory Actions	2150
Copyrights	23
Consumer Credit	5
Other Civil Rights	4
Other Personal Property Damage	2
Bankruptcy Case	2
Unknown	1
Recovery of Overpayment & Enforcement of Judgment	1
Other Contract	1
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization	1
Constitutionality of State Statutes	1
Bankruptcy Adversary	1
Grand Total	5222

Thomas P. Riley’s Clients Are Almost Entirely Boxing Promoters with Pay-Per-View or Streaming Apps

Client/Plaintiff	Number of Cases Filed by Thomas P. Riley
J & J Sports Productions, Inc.	2957
Joe Hand Promotions, Inc.	886
Kingvision Pay-Per-View, Ltd.	420
G & G Closed Circuit Events, LLC	319
Garden City Boxing Club, Inc.	190
Event Entertainment, Inc.	151
Innovative Sports Management, Inc.	127
Top Rank, Inc.	46
Integrated Sports Media, Inc.	37
DirecTV, Inc	30
New Contenders, Inc.	28
National Satellite, Inc.	13
Circuito Cerrado, Inc.	9
Main Events/Monitor Productions	7
Traffic Sports USA	2
Prostar, Inc.	2
Don King Productions, Inc.	2
GoBox Promotions, Inc.	1
Grand Total	5227

Thomas P. Riley Has Been Filing These Lawsuits since 1994, and Shows No Sign of Stopping

Year	Cases Filed by Thomas P. Riley
1994	2
1995	5
1996	75
1997	6
1998	195
1999	375
2000	144
2001	23
2002	72
2003	118
2004	81
2005	57
2006	36
2007	49
2008	200
2009	381
2010	745
2011	507
2012	589
2013	515
2014	382
2015	227
2016	112
2017	101
2018	82
2019	73
2020	75
Grand Total	5227

Thomas P. Riley Files Federal Lawsuits Mostly in California, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, as well as Texas, Arkansas, New York and Elsewhere

Federal Court	Cases Filed by Thomas P. Riley
cacdc	2840
candc	602
caedc	480
azdc	446
casdc	328
paedc	275
txsdc	59
aredc	46
arwdc	26
pamdc	22
nyedc	21
insdc	17
pawdc	15
nedc	8
moedc	7
inndc	6
nysdc	4
nywdc	4
wiedc	3
akdc	2
almdc	2
alndc	2
alsdc	2
cacbk	2
tnwdc	2
casbk	1
ilndc	1
nvdc	1
okwdc	1
paebk	1
tnmdc	1
Grand Total	5227

Every Lawsuit Thomas P. Riley Has Filed

In case you’re curious, we’re releasing our full data set obtained through the Federal court system (PACER) for your review. Suffice to say, Thomas P. Riley is prolific in his litigation efforts.

To access Riley’s full data set as a Microsoft Excel file, please click here: Thomas P Riley Cases.

If you’ve received a letter or lawsuit from Thomas P. Riley, contact an experienced business attorney to advise you of your rights.