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Recent News About Netflix
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Apple had called the city's so-called "Netflix tax" unconstitutional, but opted to settle its lawsuit in July
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After a judge rejected their arguments earlier this spring, Apple opted to quit the episode, rather than continue to try to resume their lawsuit claiming the city's 9% amusement tax was unconstitutional and illegal
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A Cook County judge says the tech giant's complaint isn't legally specific enough at this point to be allowed to continue. He gave the company the chance to try again, if it wishes.
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Two Cook County lawsuits say Chicago-based finance pros didn't do enough to uncover the truth behind a massive film licensing Ponzi scheme launched by their college actor friend
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A private investigator accused of framing a man for murder is suing those involved in a documentary about the case for defamation. He wants the court to allow him to proceed, even though his lawsuit was filed four years after the film was released.
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The dispute centers around Zellner's representation of Lathierial Boyd, a man whose conviction for murder was tossed out in 2013, in a civil rights suit Boyd brought against the Chicago Police for $20 million.
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Celebrity lawyer Kathleen Zellner, of Netflix's "Making a Murderer" fame, filed a countersuit against a man who a week earlier sued her, claiming she owes him $20 million for allegedly mishandling his civil rights lawsuit over his wrongful murder conviction.
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A man who says he was wrongly convicted of murder claims celebrity attorney Kathleen Zellner, who made her name representing another man at the heart of the 2015 Netflix television series, Making A Murderer, did not properly represent him in a civil rights lawsuit, and now owes him $20 million.
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Apple has joined a host of other tech companies suing the city of Chicago over its so-called “Netflix tax” levied on streaming media.
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Saying he believes Illinois law gives the city of Chicago the power to slap a 9 percent tax on people who pay to use Netflix, Spotify, Xbox Live and other streaming services, a Cook County judge has said plaintiffs need to pull the plug on a challenge to Chicago’s so-called “cloud tax.” Plaintiffs, however, said they intend to appeal, because the decision has more far-reaching implications for the ability of revenue-hungry Illinois governments to impose similar taxes throughout the state.
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An association representing some of the biggest names in video and computer games have sued the city of Chicago, asking a judge to determine the city’s 9 percent "Cloud Tax" can’t be applied to their online streaming video game products.
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A movie production company is suing Breaking Glass Pictures LLC., its agent Richard Wolff and Netflix Inc. for allegedly failing to pay the plaintiff the money they made distributing its films.
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New Americans with Disabilities Act regulations specific to websites aren't expected until 2018, but even small companies, including real estate agencies and brokerages, with a minor online presence have been hit with threats of possible lawsuits from plaintiffs' lawyers representing those with disabilities, two Chicago attorneys said.
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A group of Chicago residents who subscribe to a range of online streaming media services, including Netflix, Xbox Live, Amazon Prime and Spotify, have sued City Hall, asserting the decision by the city’s comptroller to tax the services under the city’s existing amusement tax is illegal. On Sept. 9, the Chicago-based legal non-profit Liberty Justice Center filed the complaint challenging the so-called “Cloud Tax” in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of six Chicago residents.
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BarinholtzA Wisconsin woman is claiming copyright infringement over a popular television show’s alleged use of her poem without giving her credit.Susan Lynn Kugler filed suit on April 17 in federal court in Chicago against defendants CBS Studios, Paramount Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and ABC Studios.Kugler, who is represented by attorney
