Company: MTCH
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000891103-25-000076
Chunk: 91

Company: Match Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 91
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 Group, Inc. et al, No. 1:23-cv-00245-UNA (District of Delaware). The complaint alleged that Match Group, Inc. misrepresented and/or failed to disclose that its Tinder business was not effectively executing on its new product initiatives; as a result, Tinder was not on track to deliver its planned product initiatives in 2022; and therefore, Match Group, Inc.’s statements about its Tinder’s business, product initiatives, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis. On July 24, 2023, lead plaintiff Northern California Pipe Trades Trust Funds filed an amended complaint. The amended complaint added allegations regarding misrepresentations relating to Match Group's acquisition of Hyperconnect and the business' subsequent integration and performance. On September 20, 2023, defendants filed a motion to dismiss, which the court granted without prejudice on July 12, 2024. On August 12, 2024, plaintiff filed another amended complaint, and defendants filed a motion to dismiss on September 18, 2024. On January 30, 2025, Plaintiff agreed to dismiss the complaint with prejudice, without receiving any compensation. 

Oksayan Class Action

On February 14, 2024, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against Match Group, Inc. in the Northern District of California by six plaintiffs from California, New York, Georgia, and Florida. Among other things, Plaintiffs allege that the Tinder, Hinge, and The League apps are designed to be "addictive" in violation of various consumer protection, product liability, negligence, and other laws. Plaintiffs claim that these services’ business 

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models and features addict unsuspecting users, leading to increased depression, loneliness, among other things. Plaintiffs further allege that Tinder, Hinge, and The League failed to warn them of the risks of addiction and that the apps are engaging in fraudulent business practices by marketing their apps in a misleading way. Plaintiffs seek monetary damages, as well as injunctive relief (implementing warnings, discontinuing certain marketing campaigns, providing resources). On June 10, 2024, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, and on July 22, 2024, we filed a motion to compel plaintiffs’ claims to arbitration. Plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint on August 12, 2024, and we filed a motion to compel arbitration on September 18, 2024. On December 10, 2024, the court granted our motion