August 31, 2026
Arbitrations between gaming giant Valve Corp. and nearly 15,000 gamers will remain paused as the Ninth Circuit weighs whether the antitrust disputes are eligible for arbitration under the company's updated subscriber terms, according to a bench ruling Monday from a Seattle federal judge.
July 31, 2026
A Washington federal court has paused a proposed class action from gamers seeking nearly $21 million in arbitration fees from Valve as the company appeals an order in another case declining to stop arbitrations against it.
October 15, 2025
Valve Corp. is asking a Seattle federal judge to throw out a proposed class action seeking nearly $21 million in arbitration fees from the software company, claiming the suit is part of a scheme by law firm Mason LLP in which attorneys are seeking identical relief through redundant court challenges.
August 06, 2025
About 15,000 users of Steam, one of the largest online sellers of video games, have accused the platform's operator, Valve, in a new proposed class action in Washington federal court of refusing to pay its nearly $21 million share in arbitration fees stemming from a series of individual antitrust disputes, in which consumers alleged the company inflated the price it charged for games.