Blizzard Entertainment’s Automatic Renewal and Continuous Service Offers

August 2015: This action was dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. as to the named plaintiffs and When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled. as to the class members. The reasons for the dismissal have not yet been disclosed.

February 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (a website where consumers can open an account and purchase subscriptions to play computer games, such as World of Warcraft) for, among other things, allegedly deceptively offering consumers automatic renewals or continuous service offers without adequately disclosing the terms of the subscription. (Abrego et al v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Case No. 15-cv-230, S. D. CA.).

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