New York Arts and Cultural Affairs Law

August 7, 2025 A more than $997K settlement ends litigation against ATG Tickets over allegedly hidden fees.

April 14, 2025 A class action claims the company behind the New York Renaissance Faire has unlawfully concealed the full price of an admission ticket until the end of online checkout.

April 11, 2025 A $2.5 million settlement will resolve a class action that alleged Regal Cinemas unlawfully hid a fee for tickets to New York theaters until the end of the purchase process.

March 31, 2025 A $990,000 settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that alleged the operator of the Bronx Zoo failed to properly disclose a $2 processing fee to online ticket buyers.

March 25, 2025 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Ticketmaster and Live Nation illegally conceal the full price of tickets until the end of online checkout.

March 3, 2025 A $550,000 settlement ends a class action that alleged Atom Tickets failed to timely disclose service fees to consumers who purchased tickets to theaters in New York.

December 10, 2024 A $975,000 settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that alleged the company that runs One World Observatory illegally failed to timely disclose a processing fee in the total cost of admission tickets.

December 10, 2024 A settlement worth up to $9 million has been reached to wrap up a class action that claimed Fandango Media failed to timely disclose a convenience fee for online ticket purchases to New York movie theaters.

November 4, 2024 A class action alleges AMC has unlawfully failed to include a “convenience fee” in the stated total cost of a movie ticket at the beginning of the online purchase process.

July 26, 2024 A class action alleges Peek has unlawfully failed to include fees in the total cost of a ticket at the beginning of the online purchase process.

June 25, 2024 A class action claims Madame Tussauds New York has violated state law by waiting until the end of the online ticket purchasing process to add a processing fee.

May 28, 2024 A class action accuses Tablelist of violating New York law by waiting until the end of the online purchasing process to add a ticket “processing fee.”

April 2, 2024 A class action lawsuit claims Sofar Sounds has violated New York law by failing to disclose a $2 event ticket “booking fee” prior to online checkout.

March 18, 2024 A class action alleges the Museum of Illusions has violated state law by failing to properly disclose an admission ticket “processing fee” prior to checkout.

February 27, 2024 A class action claims the operator of Splish Splash has unlawfully hidden a $4 “processing fee” from the total cost of an admission ticket until the end of the online purchasing process.

February 13, 2024 SeatGeek faces a class action wherein consumers claim the ticket sales platform has unlawfully hidden certain added fees until the end of the online purchasing process.

February 9, 2024 A class action alleges Windham Mountain Club has “nickel and [dimed]” first-time skiers by surprising them with a $5 “Axess Media Only” fee upon checkout.

January 15, 2024 A class action claims the Bronx Zoo has unlawfully failed to include a $2 “processing fee” in the stated total cost of an admission ticket at the beginning of the online purchase process.