Bankruptcy Filings Stay Class Suit Over Fees Charged During Closure Of Gyms

Mealey's (September 21, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts on Sept. 16 stayed one of a number of putative class complaints accusing the operators of a chain of sports clubs of profiting off of the novel coronavirus by continuing to charge membership fees while its gyms were closed and staff were furloughed or terminated based on petitions for bankruptcy filed by Town Sports International LLC and Town Sports International Holdings Inc., doing business as Boston Sports Clubs (collectively, Town Sports) (Paul DelVecchio, et al. v. Town Sports International, LLC, et al., No. 20-10666, D. Mass.)....