Berman Tabacco is local counsel for plaintiffs in this consumer class action against Streamlabs LLC. Streamlabs is a company that offers live streaming software that enables video streamers to broadcast their live stream on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch, and to monetize their broadcasts by collecting donations from viewers through third-party payment processors such as PayPal. This action is brought on behalf of a nationwide class comprised of all persons in the United States who were unknowingly enrolled in Streamlabs Pro automatic renewal subscription and were then billed $5.99 per month for the subscription. Specifically, the complaint alleges that consumers across the country often are unknowingly enrolled in Streamlabs Pro auto-renewal subscription when they donate to streamers through Streamlabs and add a GIF or effect to that one-time donation and, as a result, end up with recurring charges on their credit or debit cards from Streamlabs. The complaint further alleges that Streamlabs failed to make consumers aware of the enrollment and automatic renewal nature of the subscription, the recurring charges as part of the automatic renewal plan, as well as the length of the automatic renewal period, and failed to obtain their affirmative consent to enrollment and the automatic renewal subscription before charging them in violation of California law.
