Judge Gives OK For Lawsuit to Proceed Against Travel Web Sites
An AP newswire article by Daniel Yee, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
A federal judge has ruled that Georgia cities and counties may proceed with a class-action lawsuit that claims major online hotel booking Web sites owe "tens of millions" of dollars in unpaid hotel taxes.More here.
U.S. District Court Judge Harold Murphy on Tuesday rejected a request by the 18 travel booking sites — including well-known sites such as those owned by Expedia Inc. and Priceline.com Inc. — to dismiss the case. Murphy threw out a parallel claim, saying local governments seeking sales and use taxes from the online companies must instead seek redress from the state Revenue Commissioner.
posted by Fergie @ 5/10/2006 01:07:00 PM
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