Beaumont alleges that the companies owe money to cities across Texas.
The City of Beaumont is suing Netflix, Hulu, and Disney for failure to pay franchise fees.The city alleges that the companies violated the 2005 Texas Video Service Providers Act, according to a public notice published last week.
“I’m not privileged to say what other cities are doing, but I am aware of some other cities who are in a class action lawsuit,” Reed said. “It’s each city filing their own individual lawsuits, and then we’re coming together.” Ashcroft Sutton Reyes was founded in 2008 by former U.S. Attorney General, Missouri Gov. and Sen. John Ashcroft. It is composed of several former high-ranking government officials who bring years of expertise in government law. They have a track record of helping governments recover billions of dollars lost to contractual breaches, tax evasion, theft, waste, fraud and abuse.
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