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US Court Certifies Shareholder Class-Action Lawsuit Against Boeing Over 737 MAX Crisis

US Court Certifies Shareholder Class-Action Lawsuit Against Boeing Over 737 MAX CrisisBoeing faces renewed legal scrutiny after a US court certifies a class-action lawsuit from shareholders over the 737 MAX safety disclosures, bringing corporate governance issues to light. The post... Read More

PlayStation You Owe Us: The £1.97 Billion Class Action Against Sony’s PlayStation Store Has Begun

The image shows the PlayStation Store logo featuring a blue shopping bag with the PlayStation symbol and the text 'PlayStation Store' against a blue background with PlayStation symbols.

The class-action lawsuit, branded as "PlayStation You Owe Us", filed by consumer rights champion Alex Neill against Sony's PlayStation has finally kicked off in earnest today, with the plaintiff's legal counsel, Mr Palmer, delivering the opening statement (the proceedings were livestreamed on the Competition Appeal Tribunal's official website). The legal action was filed in 2022 to challenge Sony's monopoly over the PlayStation Store digital platform, which, according to the plaintiffs, led to higher game prices for consumers. The damage figure sought by the plaintiff has changed, though: it initially stood at $5 billion in 2022 and rose to £6.3 billion in November […]

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Valve Is Hit by Another Lawsuit – This Time, It’s the Performing Rights Society

A collage featuring the 'STEAM' logo and the Performing Right Society logo.

Not even a couple of weeks after the New York state's Attorney General announced a lawsuit against Valve for their gambling-like loot boxes in games such as Counter-Strike 2, the Steam owner is about to be hit by another lawsuit, this time on the other side of the "pond" (where it already faces a £656 million class-action lawsuit directed to the 30% fee it collects from each game and software distributed on the platform). The Performing Rights Society (PRS), a UK-based music licensing and royalty collection organization that works on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers whenever their music […]

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