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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Currently, tickets cannot be resold for more than $5 above face value, but a new bill aims to change that. Through a new bill introduced in the Pennsylvania State Senate,…
By Alfred Branch, Jr. Connecticut’s proposed bill to repeal its scalping law will be heard by the state’s General Assembly during the current legislative session, following a move Monday by…
By Alfred Branch, Jr. A proposed bill to repeal Connecticut’s anti-scalping law received unanimous support Tuesday from the legislative subcommittee overseeing it, but the proposal did not make it to…
By Alfred Branch, Jr. New York State’s ticket scalping law, which allows for the resale of tickets above face value to large events, is set to expire on June 1,…
By Alfred Branch, Jr. By an overwhelming margin, the Minnesota Senate recently approved a bill to repeal the state’s 94-year-old anti-scalping law. Currently, people caught scalping tickets are charged with…