Massachusetts Judge’s Ruling Upholds State’s Anti-Scalping Law
By Alfred Branch, Jr. A district court judge in Massachusetts has ruled that a state ticket brokerage violated anti-scalping laws in 2005 when tried to charge $500 for an $85…
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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.
Missouri’s Senate Approves Ticket Reselling Law
By Alfred Branch, Jr. The Show Me State is about to show ticket brokers the money. By the wide margin of 25-7, the state Senate late Wednesday voted to approve…
North Carolina Legislature Considers Tough Resale Bill
By Alfred Branch, Jr. State legislators in North Carolina are considering passage of a potentially onerous bill that would allow the resale of tickets over the Internet only if a…
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Law Allowing Ticket Resale
Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell late Friday signed into law a bill that allows anyone to legally resell event tickets online. The new law became effective immediately. The Keystone State joins…
Connecticut Legalizes Ticket Scalping
By Alfred Branch, Jr. TicketNews.com Ticket scalping will finally be legal in Connecticut beginning on Oct. 1. Gov. Jodi Rell signed the repeal bill earlier today. Both the state Senate…
Michigan Governor Has Proposed a 6% “Luxury Tax” for Tickets
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has proposed a 6% “luxury tax” to be levied upon sports, concert, and movie tickets, as well as golfing, bowling, and health club memberships. Red Wings…
Michigan Considers 10% Ticket Tax – Fans Against the Ticket Tax
According to the website NoTicketTax.com, Michigan is the becoming the latest in a long list of state governments seriously considering using extrodinarily high ticket taxes to boost government revenue. The…
New York State Senate Unanimously Approves Ticket Bill
The New York State Senate unanimously approved a bill removing the ticket markup caps in New York state. Gov. Eliot Spitzer has tentatively indicated . . . he will sign…
Boston Judge Appears to Back Ticket Reseller
Dorchester consumer activist Colman Herman’s streak of courtroom victories appeared to come to a halt yesterday as a Supreme Judicial Court justice indicated there was no legal justification for his…
Minnesota Repeals Scalping Law
By Alfred Branch, Jr. On August 1, the likes of Tom Petty and other artists will no longer have to hide the fact that they’re scalping tickets to their own…