Entertainment

November 2, 2022 A class action alleges a "secret" licensing deal between Comedy Central Records and SiriusXM has led to a significant reduction in royalties paid to comedians whose work is broadcast by the satellite radio provider.

November 1, 2022 Six Flags Great Adventure faces a class action that alleges workers at the NJ amusement park have been deprived of wages for pre- and post-shift time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings.

October 6, 2022 A lawsuit claims the Blue Ridge Rock Festival failed to fully compensate bartenders and bar backs for work performed during the event in 2021 and 2022.

October 4, 2022 A class action alleges NFL Enterprises has taken advantage of “consumer inertia” by automatically converting Game Pass subscribers’ subscriptions to new NFL+ memberships without consent.

September 28, 2022 Caesars Entertainment is among the latest casino operators to face a class action that alleges slot machine players have been wrongfully deprived of their change upon cashing out.

September 23, 2022 Pollen faces a class action that alleges the destination events company abruptly stopped paying employees last June.

September 21, 2022 A class action alleges Tripledot Studios Limited has advertised false price discounts for in-game purchases in its casino-style mobile game Blackjack.

September 9, 2022 A class action alleges the companies behind the State of Survival mobile game have misled players by advertising false former prices for purportedly limited-time sales of in-game items.

September 7, 2022 A class action alleges YouTube has run afoul of an Illinois biometric privacy law by capturing and storing scans of consumers’ faces by way of its “Face Blur” tool.

August 26, 2022 Fanatics faces a proposed class action that alleges the sports merchandise giant has falsely promised “free” or flat, low-cost shipping for online orders.

August 22, 2022 A class action alleges Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab has falsely advertised that its vinyl records are sourced directly from analog master recordings and free from any digital mastering.

June 24, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Warner Music Group has intentionally failed to properly account for royalties owed to certain artists for digital streaming outside of the U.S.

June 8, 2022 The companies who operate People.com face a class action that alleges the website secretly tracks and records visitors’ video-viewing habits and shares the data with Facebook.

May 31, 2022 A class action alleges Vivid Seats “lures” consumers into buying tickets by advertising “artificially low” prices while hiding the amount of fees it charges on each sale.

May 6, 2022 Netflix faces a class action after the streaming service’s share price dropped on two separate occasions this year, including when the company announced it had lost 200k subscribers.

April 7, 2022 A class action contends that Amazon has misled consumers by providing the option to “buy” certain digital content even though the company does not own and merely licenses the material.

March 14, 2022 A class action alleges Discovery Communications unlawfully shares certain HGTV.com visitors’ personally identifiable information with Facebook without consent to do so.

March 10, 2022 A class action alleges HBO has disclosed HBO Max subscribers’ personally identifiable information to Facebook without consent to do so in an effort to enhance its own targeted advertising.

February 28, 2022 Take-Two Interactive Software faces a class action over its marketing and sale of in-game “loot boxes,” in particular to minors, in its popular NBA 2K video game series.

January 12, 2022 A class action alleges The Athletic has automatically renewed North Carolina customers’ monthly subscriptions without providing requisite disclosures and receiving authorization to do so.

January 7, 2022 Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster face a class action over the alleged monopoly they hold over the primary and secondary ticket and concert promotion markets in the U.S.

December 14, 2021 A class action alleges SiriusXM, Stitcher and Pandora have unlawfully excluded the deaf and hard-of-hearing community from their streaming platforms.

December 9, 2021 The organizers of the 2021 Elements Festival face a class action that alleges the event in Lakewood, Penn. turned out to be nothing close to what attendees were promised.

November 8, 2021 A class action alleges the publisher of Sports Illustrated, Better Homes and Gardens and People has unlawfully rented, exchanged or otherwise disclosed Calif. consumers’ identities.

October 22, 2021 A class action alleges it is misleading for Apple to “sell” certain movies/TV shows/music via iTunes given the company can and will pull the media from a buyer should its licensing agreements expire.

October 19, 2021 A class action alleges Encore Drive-In Nights has sent consumers unlawful, unsolicited telemarketing texts without first securing prior express consent to do so.

September 20, 2021 The publishers of "Security Products" and "Word Seeks" have been hit with a class action over their alleged practice of exchanging, renting or otherwise disclosing without consent subscriber data to third parties.

September 20, 2021 A class action alleges EB-5 immigrant investors were defrauded into pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into what they were led to believe was a project to build a Queens, NY hotel and convention center,

August 19, 2021 A lawsuit claims Netflix and Hulu owe New Jersey municipalities franchise fees for providing online streaming services through the state’s broadband wireline facilities.

July 14, 2021 A class action claims the Key Master game is not one of skill but instead rigged to prevent consumers from winning until a set number of unsuccessful plays has been met.

July 13, 2021 A class action filed against Soulbound Studios over its failure to develop Chronicles of Elyria has been transferred to Washington's Western District.

May 25, 2021 Churchill Downs and Medina Spirit trainer Bob Baffert face a proposed class action over the result of the 2021 Kentucky Derby.

May 14, 2021 A lawsuit claims UMG Recordings, Inc. has failed to pay artists the full amount of international royalties owed to them.

May 13, 2021 A Michigan resident alleges in a proposed class action that DraftKings has systemically failed to pay out on winning wagers.

May 7, 2021 A class action alleges Sony has established a monopoly in the sale of digital video games for the PlayStation console.

April 30, 2021 Valve faces an antitrust class action that alleges the company has used competition-suppressing conduct to monopolize the PC gaming market.

April 6, 2021 A class action alleges Scientific Games Corporation, SHFL Entertainment and Bally Technologies have unlawfully monopolized the market for automatic card shufflers used at casinos.

March 24, 2021 A class action alleges Google has profited from its distribution and sale of gambling game apps that afford players only the opportunity to win more playing time, and not actual cash “winnings.”

March 24, 2021 TicketsOnSale.com faces a class action that alleges the company wrongfully charged a Calif. man for tickets to a summer 2020 concert that was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

March 23, 2021 A class action was filed over a deal between Writers Guild of America and Viacom that essentially wiped out historic royalties payments for Comedy Central writers.

March 8, 2021 A class action claims the outcomes of Moon Active Ltd.'s "Coin Master" social-casino-style game are tilted too far in favor of the "house."

March 5, 2021 A class action alleges Google has profited from illegal gambling by way of allowing downloads of Zynga casino-style games from the Play Store.

February 10, 2021 A class action claims Fortnite creator Epic Games "misleads and manipulates" minors into paying real-world money for "virtual things."

January 28, 2021 A class action claims production crew for the movie Summer When We Were Kings are owed unpaid wages.

January 19, 2021 ASCAP and BMI face a class action that claims, among other charges, that the mandatory arbitration agreement wielded by the music licensing fee and royalty processors is void and unenforceable.

January 11, 2021 The developer behind Cyberpunk 2077 has faces a stock-drop class action after the "virtually unplayable" game was pulled from online stores.

January 6, 2021 A lawsuit claims major streaming services owe unpaid franchise fees to Georgia cities and counties under the state's Consumer Choice for Television Act.

November 24, 2020 A class action claims Blizzard Entertainment and Mouseflow, Inc. have illegally "wiretapped" California visitors to WorldOfWarcraft.com.

October 26, 2020 A class action alleges YouTube has negligently failed to protect content moderators from the psychological trauma associated with repeatedly viewing graphic and objectionable images.

October 23, 2020 A class action alleges Machine Zone and Epic Action's Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire mobile app uses false and misleading advertising to get players to spend money in-game.