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Sony Music Entertainment’s “Michael” Album

Class Action

Sony Music Entertainment’s “Michael” Album

December 2020: TINA.org joined other consumer advocates – including UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice – in filing an amici curiae brief that explained, among other things,…

Guitar Hero Live

Class Action

Guitar Hero Live

In September 2018, a false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against Activision regarding the marketing of Guitar Hero Live music video games. According to the plaintiffs, the company represented that…

Sony PS4 “Killzone: Shadow Fall” Game Graphics

Class Action

Sony PS4 “Killzone: Shadow Fall” Game Graphics

May 2015: The parties agreed to dismiss the plaintiff’s individual claims in this lawsuit with prejudice, meaning that the plaintiff cannot refile the claims. The reasons for the dismissal have…

Sony Xperia Devices

Class Action

Sony Xperia Devices

In August 2017, a federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement agreement that would resolve a class-action lawsuit filed against Sony earlier in 2017. The April 2017 complaint alleges that the…

PlayStation® 3

Class Action

PlayStation® 3

November 2017: A federal judge granted preliminary approval of a new settlement agreement. According to the revised terms, Sony agreed to pay class members $65 for each valid claim. A…

Sony’s Marketing of Fortnite and other Games

Class Action

Sony’s Marketing of Fortnite and other Games

In January 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Sony Interactive Entertainment for allegedly deceptively marketing games, including the popular video game Fortnite. According to the complaint, the company markets…

Fortnite Battle Royale

Class Action

Fortnite Battle Royale

In March 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Sony Interactive Entertainment for allegedly not taking effective measures to prevent children from creating accounts on PlayStation Network and using their…

Sony Dash

Class Action

Sony Dash

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that the Dash would be “always on, always fresh and available at a glance” when a forced firmware update made the device useless in 2017

Motorola MOTOACTV GPS Sports Watch

Class Action

Motorola MOTOACTV GPS Sports Watch

October 2014: A federal judge granted final approval of the settlement agreement. April 2014: A federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement to a class-action lawsuit against Motorola Mobility, Inc. According…

Galaxy S4 Smartphone Battery

Class Action

Galaxy S4 Smartphone Battery

August 2015: This case was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. after it was transferred to a judge hearing a related case (Case…

Digital Content from iTunes

Class Action

Digital Content from iTunes

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that consumers can “buy” digital content when Apple does not own all of the content it sells and must revoke access to content if its license to…

Fyre Festival

Class Action

Fyre Festival

July 2019: A federal judge dismissed the claims against one of the founders of Fyre Media (Jeffrey Atkins aka Ja-Rule) and the Chief Marketing Officer (Grant Margolin) concluding, among other…

Activision’s Guitar Hero Live

Class Action

Activision’s Guitar Hero Live

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that players would be able to play the game online when the company terminated the online feature in December 2018

Digital Content Purchased from Apple

Class Action

Digital Content Purchased from Apple

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that consumers may “buy” content by paying a higher price when Apple may revoke consumers’ access to “purchased” content at any time and for any reason