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NATO of California/Nevada March 2005 March 2005 NATO of California/Nevada Information for the California and Nevada Motion Picture Theatre Industry CALENDAR Spring/Summer Film Product Lineup of EVENTS & To Be Previewed On April 5 and 7 HOLIDAYS NATO of California/Nevada will once again host their semi-annual film product seminars featuring the Spring and Mar. 14-17 Summer ’05 lineup of film releases and marketing plans ShoWest from all of the major film studios. The Southern California (See page 5 for schedule of events) seminar will be held at The Bridge Cinema De Lux on April 5th followed by the Northern California seminar at Loews Mar. 17 Theatres at Metreon in San Francisco on April 7th. St. Patrick’s Day As in the past the all day seminars will feature pre- sentations consisting of film footage from a lineup of over Mar. 25 90 films in addition to a breakout of the marketing and Good Friday promotion plans of individual films. Studio representatives will be on hand to personally present their lineups and be Mar. 27 available during the various daily breaks for one on one Easter interchanges of ideas. Apr. 1 The morning presentations will be preceded by a conti- April Fools Day nental breakfast followed by a noon time break for a catered box lunch. The actual presentations will start promptly at Apr. 3 10:00AM and the program will conclude by 3:30PM. Loews Theatres at Metreon Daylight Saving A new element will be introduced at this Time begins gathering when the winners of the inaugural NATO of CA/NV Showmanship Awards are Apr. 5 & 7 called up to the podium to receive their award Spring/Summer checks. Up to ten lucky winners will each receive Film Product Seminars a $2,500 cash award for the most outstanding in Southern and showmanship promotions for the past year. Northern California The winning campaigns will be on display at both the Southern and Northern California Apr. 15 meetings. Scholarship Attendance at the seminars is restricted to Applications due employees of member companies only and is for Field Employees free, however reservations for both meetings The Bridge Cinema De Lux are a must. No walk-ins or substitutes will Apr. 23 be admitted. All reservations must be approved by the respective corporate office or district manager. Passover begins A list of attendees from the district or corporate office containing the information requested on the at sundown Registration Form is the preferred form of registration however the attached registration form, approved by corporate, is also acceptable. Due to space limitations we will be able to accommodate only two ❖❖❖ See SEMINAR, continued on page 2 1 NATO of California/Nevada March 2005 SEMINAR, continued from page 1 Previews representatives from each theatre location, early registration is recommended as this event sells out is published by the fast. Registration will close on March 18th or once capacity has been reached. Please fax or mail the National Association of completed forms, or email the information to us at offi[email protected]. Theatre Owners of California/Nevada Parking at the Metreon is at a premium therefore we suggest that you make arrangements to carpool or take advantage of the convenient Bay Area public transportation to get to the theatre. 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 830 Metreon is just a few blocks from both Powell and Montgomery BART and Muni stations; close to Los Angeles, CA 90049-5116 Phone: 310/460-2900 over thirty transit stops; within walking distance of the Transbay Terminal and the Ferry Building; Fax: 310/460-2901 and a short ride from Caltrain. For transit information, call 817-1717 in any Bay Area area code. E-mail: Offi[email protected] Or visit http://www.transitinfo.org/ for maps and schedules of Bay Area public transit. The Bridge www.NATOCalNev.org Cinema De Lux is conveniently located just off the 405 freeway at Howard Hughes Parkway, about 2 miles north of LAX. OFFICERS Milton Moritz Please phone the NATO of CA/NV office at 310/460-2900 for additional information. Look President & CEO forward to seeing you at the Spring/Summer Film Product Seminar on April 5th in Southern California Philip Harris and on April 7th in Northern California. ▼ Chairman Raymond W. Syufy Vice President Registration Form Jerome A. Forman Chairman Emeritus NATO of CA/NV Spring/ Summer Film Product Seminar Treasurer Attendance is open to NATO of CA/NV member companies and is by reservation only, John Tegtmeier Secretary no walk-ins and no substitutions. Due to space limitations we can accommodate no more than two persons from each theatre location. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sergio Contreras Deadline for reservations: Friday, March 18th Premiere Cinemas David Corwin April 5, 2005 April 7, 2005 Metropolitan Theatres National Amusement’s The Bridge Cinema De Lux Loews Theatres at Metreon Jerome A. Forman Pacific Theatres 6081 Center Drive 101 Fourth Street Los Angeles, CA 90045 San Francisco, CA 94103 Alan Grossberg (Located off the 405 Freeway at Howard Hughes Parkway, UltraStar Cinemas (Located south of Market Street, convenient to Approximately 2 miles north of LAX.) BART and other Bay Area public transportation) Philip Harris Regal Entertainment Group Name: ___________________________________________Title: __________________________ William F. Hertz, Sr. Mann Theatres Email:___________________________________________ Phone: _________________________ George Krikorian Company Name: __________________________________________________________________ Krikorian Premiere Cinemas Greg Laemmle Theatre Name: ______________________________________________________________ Laemmle Theatres Business Address: __________________________________________________________________ Frank Rimkus Galaxy Theatres ________________________________________________________________ Bruce Sanborn The Movie Experience Phone_________________________________________________________________________ Raymond W. Syufy District Manager: Signature _________________________________________________ Century Theatres or John Tegtmeier Tegtmeier Associates Corporate Officer Print name ________________________________________________ Len Westenberg Will attend: ________ No. Calif. ________ So. Calif. Loews Cineplex ❦ FAX THIS COMPLETED FORM TO NATO of CA/NV: 310/460-2901 For more details call 310/460-2900 Charlene Sievers Director, Member Services 2 NATO of California/Nevada March 2005 Plaintiffs Take A One-Two Punch: Proposition 64 and the Class Action Reform Act Dull The Teeth Of Favorite Litigation Weapons By Gregory F. Hurley & Charles Menzies Proposition 64, passed in November Court of Appeal held in Branick v. Downey 2004, requires that a plaintiff must have ei- Sav. & Loan that Proposition 64 “applies to ther lost money or property in order to sue a actions that were filed but not finally resolved business under California’s broad unfair com- before Nov. 3, 2004.” The next day, the Fourth petition (section 17200) and false-advertising Appellate District also found for retroactivity (section 17500) laws. This is a major victory in Benson v. Kwikset Corp. The conflicting ap- for California businesses trying to exist under pellate rulings make it highly probable that the the omnipresent threat of shotgun litigation Gregory F. Hurley Charles Menzies Supreme Court will need to resolve the conflict instigated by plaintiffs acting as a “private at- presented by Mervyn’s, Branick and Benson. torney general” in order to reap huge verdicts. In other words, the The issue of retroactivity was somewhat academic consider- day of a disabled theatergoer suing a theatre owner for violations ing a plaintiff could simply convert his or her case to a class action of the Americans with Disabilities Act, for example, on behalf of lawsuit thereby avoiding the limitations of Proposition 64. This himself and the entire disabled public are over. option took a major blow when President Bush signed the Class The problem is, the proposition never addressed if the new Action Fairness Act on February 18, 2005. This new law, which is law applied to the hundreds of cases pending before Election Day. not retroactive, requires that any class-action suit seeking $5 million Since then, dozens of companies, including DaimlerChrysler, or more can only be heard in state court if the primary defendant Mastercard and Mattel, have asked California judges to dismiss and more than one-third of the plaintiffs are from the same state. lawsuits filed before the law’s enactment. And for months Califor- However, if less than one-third of the plaintiffs are from the same nia’s trial courts have issued slews of conflicting orders regarding state as the primary defendant, and the plaintiffs are seeking more whether or not Proposition 64 barred the private enforcement of than $5 million, the case would go to federal court. Federal courts unfair competition laws brought before November 2, 2004. are expected to let few of these cases go forward. Accordingly, a Now a showdown regarding the retroactivity of Proposition plaintiff that wants to convert its case into a class action must now 64 is looming on the Supreme Court’s horizon. On February 1, satisfy the fairly big hurdle the Class Action Fairness Act signifies. 2005 California’s First District Court of Appeal issued its ruling in For now, California businesses will need to hold their col- Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyn’s, LLC. There, the court lective breath and wait for the Supreme Court to weigh in on ruled that Mervyn’s could not use Proposition 64 to seek the dismissal Proposition 64. However,