Entertainment

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

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.

October 14, 2020 A class action alleges Six Flags breached its contracts with membership and season pass holders by charging monthly fees while its theme parks were closed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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 22, 2020 Madonna and Live Nation face a class action lawsuit over the last-minute cancellation of a Dec. 2019 Miami concert.

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.

May 11, 2020 SeaWorld has been hit with a class action after allegedly continuing to charge monthly membership fees while its parks remain closed during the pandemic.

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

April 24, 2020 A lawsuit claims ClubCorp has continued to charge monthly membership fees despite barring access to its over 200 private clubs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 17, 2020 The organizers of the Lightning in a Bottle musical festival have been hit with at least two class actions seeking ticket refunds after the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

March 12, 2020 A class action alleges Sony Interactive Entertainment does nothing to prevent minors from using parents' or guardians' payment cards on in-game purchases without permission.

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.

October 4, 2019 A class action lawsuit alleges actor James Franco, two business partners and his product company and acting school were central to a scheme of preying on an sexually exploiting female actors.

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.

August 12, 2019 A data breach affecting roughly 200 million Fortnite players' accounts is the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit against developer Epic Games.

July 26, 2019 A New Jersey consumer alleges Sirius XM resorts to bait-and-switch advertising.

July 26, 2019 Nintendo of America faces another proposed class action case filed over the apparent "drifting" defect with the Joy-Con controllers that come with the Switch console.

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.