Editing Valve Corporation (section)

===''Valve Corporation v. Zaiger, LLC''===
In 2023, Valve sued a law firm, Zaiger, alleging that it attempted to extort settlements from Valve by threatening to bring numerous antitrust arbitration cases on behalf of Steam customers, a tactic referred to as "mass arbitration". Valve also brought suit against a litigation financier for Zaiger over the funding of a social media campaign to recruit Steam users as clients. Valve alleged that they improperly interfered with its contracts with Steam customers and abused the arbitration process by signing up clients with the intent of obtaining settlements slightly lower than the cost of arbitration filing fees, rather than arbitrating their claims. Valve said that it was targeted due to the terms of the Steam Subscriber Agreement, in which Valve would be responsible for the fees and costs associated with arbitration. The lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice by the [[US District Court for the Western District of Washington]] in 2024 due to [[personal jurisdiction]] issues.<ref name = "arsSep27">{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/steam-doesnt-want-to-pay-arbitration-fees-tells-gamers-to-sue-instead/|title=Steam doesn't want to pay arbitration fees, tells gamers to sue instead|website=Ars Technica|date=September 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/column-mass-arbitration-target-valve-accuses-law-firm-litigation-funder-2023-12-08/|title=Mass arbitration target Valve accuses law firm, litigation funder of 'extortion'|website=Reuters|date=December 8, 2023}}</ref>

In September 2024, Valve changed its Steam Subscriber Agreement to require disputes to proceed in court, with no option of arbitration.<ref name = "arsSep27"/>