May 10, 2023
A Washington federal judge gave his initial blessing to a $25 million class action settlement in a case where consumers accused a vinyl company of using digital mastering to make records marketed as all-analog, over opposition from intervenors who claimed the deal was reached via "a collusive reverse auction."
March 14, 2023
Consumers alleging a vinyl company secretly used digital mastering to make records marketed as all-analog can try and block the company's $25 million settlement in a related class action, after they claimed the deal was tainted by efforts to settle for the lowest possible amount.
March 01, 2023
Consumers accusing a vinyl record producer of deceptively using digital mastering for its purportedly all-analog recordings said the company should not get to pause their Illinois case based on a deal reached in Washington state, arguing that the company pitted the plaintiffs against one another to pay as little as possible.
February 08, 2023
A Chicago vinyl record producer has reached a deal estimated to be worth more than $25 million to resolve proposed class claims in Washington federal court that it marketed recordings it claimed were purely analog, despite actually using digital mastering in its production process.
August 19, 2022
A Chicago vinyl record producer hid the fact that it has been using a digital process to help make its records for at least a decade, rather than only using original analog tapes, according to a proposed class action filed in Illinois federal court.