Entertainment

October 9, 2020 An antitrust class action alleges Apple engaged in a series of anti-competitive acts upon its launch of the "Apple Arcade" subscription-based mobile gaming service.

September 29, 2020 Warner Music Group faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the major record label's failure to maintain reasonable cybersecurity measures is to blame for a 2020 data breach.

August 28, 2020 Class actions claim NBCUniversal has unlawfully disclosed and sold Golf Channel subscribers' viewing data without consent.

August 13, 2020 A lawsuit claims the developer behind Brawl Stars and Clash Royale encourages gambling and similarly addictive conduct through the use of “loot boxes” within the games.

August 12, 2020 A class action claims Netflix and Hulu owe franchise payments to Texas municipalities for using broadband wireline facilities located wholly or partly in public rights-of-way.

August 12, 2020 A class action claims Viagogo did away with its longstanding money-back guarantee as a way to mitigate the financial ramifications of widespread event cancellations due to COVID-19.

July 17, 2020 Disney Destinations faces a class action after allegedly charging annual passholders in early July 2020 "all at once" for monthly payments suspended while parks were closed due to the pandemic.

June 12, 2020 Eventbrite has refused to issue refunds for tickets to events canceled, postponed, or rescheduled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a proposed class action alleges.

June 10, 2020 The operators of Legoland California, Madame Tussauds Hollywood and other attractions face a class action over their alleged refusal to issue refunds despite being shut down during the pandemic.

June 5, 2020 A Six Flags Great Adventure season pass holder claims the NJ theme park owes refunds given its upcoming modified operations will not include unlimited park access.

May 27, 2020 The organizer of the Ultra Music Festival faces a class action over its apparent refusal to issue refunds despite canceling the 2020 iteration of the event in Miami.

May 21, 2020 A California music venue alleges in a class action that First Mercury Insurance Company has wrongfully denied its claim for COVID-19-related business losses.

April 24, 2020 Vivid Seats owes refunds for events canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a proposed class action claims.

April 20, 2020 Zynga, Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action over a September 2019 data breach that reportedly affected more than 170 million accounts.

April 15, 2020 A lawsuit claims Six Flags customers have been charged monthly season pass and membership fees despite the closure of two California parks due to the coronavirus outbreak.

December 18, 2019 The developer of mobile strategy game "Rise of Kingdoms" faces a class action alleging the company's "loot box"-based gaming model is illegal under California law.

November 18, 2019 The operator of Aurora, IL's Hollywood Casino faces a class action lawsuit over its allegedly unauthorized use of facial scanning software on rewards program members.

September 17, 2019 A proposed class action alleges Comcast has reneged on its promise of “lifetime” monthly cable and internet rates by raising Xfinity customers’ prices.

September 11, 2019 A Caesars stockholder alleges in a class action that the casino operator and Eldorado Resorts omitted material information from an SEC registration statement pertaining to a merger.

September 5, 2019 Trusted Media Brands, Inc. illegally enrolled customers in an automatic renewal plan without properly notifying them, according to a class action suit in California.

July 23, 2019 Netflix and its CEO and CFO are the defendants in a class action filed over allegedly false and misleading statements pertaining to Q2 2019 subscriber growth that missed expectations.

July 22, 2019 [UPDATE] The Nintendo Switch gaming system is at the center of a proposed class action lawsuit in which a consumer claims the Switch’s Joy-Con controllers contain a design defect.

July 11, 2019 Three Colorado casinos face a lawsuit in which a former employee claims workers were deprived of proper wages due to their hours being rounded down in the companies' favor.

June 11, 2019 The canceled sale of a limited edition Magic: The Gathering card set on eBay is the subject of a 28 plaintiff-deep class action that now resides in Georgia district court.

June 7, 2019 Redbox Automated Retail, LLC has been hit with a proposed class action over the DVD, Blu-ray and video game rental company’s alleged practice of sending consumers automated text messages without obtaining their prior consent to do so.

March 7, 2019 Activision Blizzard, Inc. and its top executives are facing a lawsuit in which a shareholder alleges the video game developer failed to warn investors that its long-time partnership with Bungie, with whom it released the Destiny franchise, was ending.

February 14, 2019 Big Fish Games, Inc. has been named in a proposed class action out of Washington federal court that alleges its online casino constitutes “illegal gambling” under state law.

December 12, 2018 Ticketmaster's "verified resale program" is at the center of a lawsuit that alleges the ticket brokers allow themselves to take a second cut on resold event tickets.

November 12, 2018 Sinemia faces a class action lawsuit filed by a consumer who claims the movie ticket subscription service charges undisclosed processing fees with each ticket.

October 5, 2018 Live Nation and Ticketmaster have been hit with an antitrust lawsuit in the wake of reports that the brokers have lied about their participation in the ticket resale market.

September 25, 2018 Telltale Games finds itself staring down a WARN Act class action just days after the company abruptly shut down and laid roughly 275 employees.

August 16, 2018 Helios and Matheson Analytics faces a lawsuit filed in the wake of a shift in MoviePass's subscription model that's being blamed for a sharp drop in share prices.

August 14, 2018 Ocean County, NJ dance club D’Jais is the defendant in a proposed class action lawsuit filed over alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

July 10, 2018 A securities class action against Twenty-First Century Fox and its bd. of directors aims to halt the company's $71.3 billion acquisition by Disney.

June 19, 2018 The lawsuit claims the operators of the Atlanta gentlemen's club misclassified employees as independent contractors, among other alleged wage and hour abuses.

May 24, 2018 The plaintiff alleges the entities behind the Lady Luck Casino unlawfully round dealers hours, resulting in unpaid work time.

May 24, 2018 A former employee claims the casino boat cruise operator required dealers to contribute to an illegal tip pool redistributed among shift supervisors.

May 17, 2018 Game Show Network, LLC is the latest target of litigation challenging whether the operation of an online casino game is illegal under Washington state law.

April 20, 2018 Scientific Games Corp. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action in which the plaintiff claims the company’s operation of and profits earned from its online gambling games are illegal under Washington state law.

April 11, 2018 Two more gaming companies have been hit with a proposed class action over the alleged illegality of their online casino games under Washington state law.

April 6, 2018 The case argues Playtika's games are bona fide games of chance disguised as free-to-play games that allow in-app microtransactions.

April 6, 2018 The lawsuit claims Huuuge, Inc.'s purportedly free-to-play casino games are actually games of chance prohibited under state law.

February 9, 2018 Peaches of Atlanta allegedly misclassifies its exotic dancers as independent contractors, a policy a lawsuit claims violates federal labor law.

January 17, 2018 AMC, its top officers, and a group of under-writers face a securities case claiming shareholders were misled prior to a series of 2016/17 acquisitions.

November 21, 2017 According to a lawsuit, the Warner Music Group subsidiary sent unsolicited text messages to consumers' cell phones as part of a marketing campaign.

November 13, 2017 Per a lawsuit in New York, La Boom sent unsolicited promotional text messages to consumers' cell phones via an automatic dialing system.

November 10, 2017 An employee claims PNGI Charles Town Gaming and Penn National Gaming withhold some dealers' tips to finance future paid time off.

October 17, 2017 An Americans with Disabilities Act class action alleges the website for NYC concert venue Brooklyn Bowl is not accessible to blind internet users.

September 22, 2017 A class action claims the website of Boomer's Long Island amusement park is inaccessible to blind internet users.

September 9, 2017 Litigation continues to roll in against Showtime Entertainment after many consumers experienced issues streaming last month's Mayweath-McGregor bout.