July 27, 2017
A California federal judge denied class certification Thursday to a group of Spotify USA Inc. users who signed up for a discount trial period but were allegedly tricked into paying for the streaming service after it auto-renewed, citing discovery findings that the lead plaintiff did in fact continue to use the service after the trial period ended.
July 17, 2017
U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Monday rejected Spotify USA Inc.'s bid to end a putative class action over subscription auto-renewals after telling lawyers for the music streaming service during a recent hearing that they had tried to trick him into believing the lead plaintiff had "admitted the case away" in his deposition when he hadn't.
July 13, 2017
U.S. District Judge William Alsup said at a hearing on Thursday that Spotify's attorneys from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP misled him in their bid to end a putative class action over auto-renewals, saying that the lawyers tricked him into believing the lead plaintiff had "admitted the case away" in his deposition when he hadn't.
June 02, 2017
Spotify urged a California federal judge Thursday to end a proposed class action brought by customers who said the streaming service failed to inform them it would automatically renew their subscriptions, arguing that the customers declined to read a prominent disclosure statement.
November 15, 2016
A California federal judge ruled on Monday that Spotify USA Inc. can't compel a proposed class of Spotify users to arbitrate their claims that the music streaming service violated state statutes when it allegedly automatically renewed customers' subscription services without their consent.