Cash-strapped New York State inches toward imposing taxes on event tickets
New York Governor David Patterson is proposing to add a 4 percent sales tax on event tickets in the next…
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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.
First of its kind state ticket tax report released by TicketNews
If there is one thing that ticket brokers know, it is that as the secondary ticket market has grown over…
Ticket Software LLC is subject to Arkansas law in Hannah Montana case
Despite praising the company for cooperating with authorities, an Arkansas judge this week ruled that Ticket Software LLC, parent company…
Former Ohio official to be arraigned on alleged ticket and campaign fraud charges
Former Ohio State Representative John Widowfield, who was charged with buying Ohio State University football tickets with campaign money and…
New Jersey adopts new online ticket reselling law
Hot on the heels of North Carolina adopting new ticket resale laws, New Jersey has also joined the ranks of…
North Carolina governor signs new online ticket reselling law
Online ticket brokers reselling tickets in the Tar Heel State can breathe a sigh of relief today following Gov. Mike…
North Carolina ticket resale moves ahead
The North Carolina State Senate today, July 3, approved a bill that would allow ticket resale over the internet, which…
Vitale refuses to testify in ticket matter
Setting up what could turn out to be a criminal matter, Massachusetts accountant Richard Vitale, who allegedly lobbied on behalf…
Broker group paid $60,000 to help get Massacusetts ticket law changed
Massachusetts ticket brokers anteed up more than $60,000 in 2007 in an attempt to have the state’s anti-scalping law repealed,…
NJ ticket bill set for possible vote
A new piece of New Jersey legislation seeks to limit the selling power of ticket brokers throughout the state. Under…