“Spinal Tap” Lawsuit Sheds Ugly Light on Industry Profit Math
A low-budget flop turned cult favorite, “This Is Spinal Tap” has spawned an entire movie genre and turned a fake…
Legal
This archive contains coverage of stories related to the legal and legislative landscape for ticketing and ticket resale. Stories are ordered by date, with the most recent stories displaying first. You can view older stories by clicking through to higher numbered pages within the archive.
Alleged Ponzi Scheme Leads to Fraud Charges for National Event Co. CEO
Jason Nissen, the CEO of the New York-based National Event Co. was charged with wire fraud after allegedly scamming investors…
The Price Fans Pay for the War on Ticket Bots
by Romy Oltusky Mounting tensions between artists, policy makers, and ticket brokers made news earlier this year when Eric Church voided…
N.F.L. Agrees to Stop Calling for Price Floor on Resold Tickets
Attorneys general from Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia announced a multi-state settlement with the…
Part 2 – The Fleece (Conning Congress)
Question: What happens when you lie to Congress? Answer: Apparently you get your legislation approved. We recently wrote about the…
The Interlude – “Are robot scalpers ripping you off? Do we need government to stop it?”
The following TechDirt Op-Ed co-authored by Anne Hobson (R Street Institute), and Christopher Koopman (Project for the Study of American Capitalism) questions…
BREAKING NEWS — NY A.G. Schneiderman Announces $12 Million Settlement With Draftkings And Fanduel
Each Company Agrees To Pay $6 Million For Repeated False Advertising Violations In New York; Year-Long Investigation Found That Both…
Mission Bay Alliance and Mother of UCSF Patient File Lawsuit to Block Controversial Warriors Arena
7 January 2016 San Francisco’s Rubber Stamp Approval of Arena Project Ignored Crippling Traffic and other Environmental Impacts in Violation…
Restrictive Ticket Resale Legislation Deferred to Next Session in Florida State Legislature
Big storm clouds looming on the secondary ticket market horizon have again blown out to sea in the Sunshine State….
Justices Permit Resale of Copyrighted Imports
Summary by TicketNews: The Supreme Court’s decision on Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons this past Tuesday, March 19 protects…