Netflix, Hulu Get Another Chance to Dash Indiana Fee Class Suit

Netflix Inc., Hulu LLC, and other streaming services on Tuesday scored another chance to convince a trial court to toss a class action filed by Indiana cities seeking millions in local franchise fees.

A trial judge denied the companies’ motions to dismiss the suit in January 2022. But the state subsequently passed a law expressly excluding “video programming accessed via a service that enables users to access content, information, electronic mail, or other services offered over the Internet, including digital audiovisual works” from the definition of video service in the state Video Service Franchises Act.

“Given that a ...