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A plaintiff who bought six tickets to a Yankees-Royals game on Stubhub objected to paying $57.75 per ticket when the tickets' face value was just $20 a piece. She sued the Yankees, Stubhub, and its parent, eBay, for deceptive practices. Rejecting the claim, Manhattan federal district court judge John Keenan suggested Stubhub clients would have to be stupid not to realize they were paying a premium for reissued tickets.
Live Nation wields 'The Boss' against StubHub in ticket battle
Live Nation Entertainment, the world's largest concert promoter and ticket seller, is using Bruce Springsteen's tour to push paperless tickets, a move that may weaken StubHub's lead in the $4 billion resale market. The company set aside a fifth of the seats at Springsteen's New Jersey concerts next month for paperless transactions. Its Ticketmaster unit sold conventional tickets for the New York shows, as state law requires. The result: eBay's StubHub.com lists 63 percent fewer tickets for those sections at the New Jersey shows, Live Nation said in an email.Suit Over Online Resale of Yankees Tickets Is Dismissed
The New York Yankees have notched a courtroom victory in a challenge to online ticket sale practices. A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a deceptive practices suit filed by a ticket buyer against the team, StubHub, and its parent, eBay.Nos. 09-3432 & 10-1144Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.Illinois law permits the purchasers of tickets to sporting contests, concerts, and similar ev
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EBay Sued for $3.8 Billion for Alleged Patent Infringement
Online auction giant eBay was hit Tuesday with a $3.8 billion patent infringement lawsuit. XPRT Ventures, which holds patents covering e-commerce payments and methods, filed suit in Delaware federal court against eBay and subsidiaries, including PayPal and StubHub. The suit alleges infringement of six XPRT patents and alleges that eBay misappropriated information provided in confidence. The basis for infringement dates from 2001, when XPRT inventors applied for patents.Clash over taxing 'e-tailers' intensifies
Online retailers, including goliaths Amazon.com, eBay and Expedia, are putting up a fight against states eager to collect taxes from booming Internet sales. This month New York became the first state to require "e-tailers" to collect and remit sales tax. California considered similar legislation this year, but failed. Legislators in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Minnesota are also considering the idea of passing laws that would allow them to collect sales taxes from online retailers.Want to know what gets our attention at the Litigation Daily? Big numbers and good stories. A new Delaware complaint against eBay, PayPal, and StubHub, filed Tuesday by Kelley Drye & Warren on behalf of a patent holding company called XPRT, has both.
Ticketholders' rights bill runs into questions
Legislation to make it easier to resell tickets, either by an individual or an online distributor such as StubHub, squeaked through its first House committee, but lawmakers said changes are needed for the proposal to advance.Clash Over Taxing 'E-Tailers' Intensifies
States, cities stepping up legal efforts to tax Internet sales.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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