Starz Gets Consolidated Arbitration of Privacy Claims Affirmed

Starz Entertainment LLC can’t be forced to individually arbitrate 7,300 video-privacy claims brought by consumers’ alleging the company unlawfully shared their personal information with Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

The decision of the arbitrator, Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, to consolidate the arbitration didn’t constitute a refusal to arbitrate by Starz, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said.

It was JAMS, not Starz, that made the decision to consolidate, so it wasn’t clear how the decision could be characterized as a refusal by Starz to comply ...