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Update on Legal Issues in Resales of Event Tickets

By Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte
June 01, 2016

Ticketing policies for sporting and other events have been receiving increased attention in both the media and legal spheres. In January 2016, the New York State Attorney General announced an antitrust investigation into the NFL Ticket Exchange's enforcement of price floors. In February, the New York Yankees announced a ban on print-at-home tickets to prevent fraud and counterfeiting, which was met with vocal fan opposition. In March 2016, fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves filed a putative class-action lawsuit against the team for instituting a similar ban on paper tickets, claiming that the team's official ticketing platform fixed resale market prices and severely inhibited their ability to resell tickets.

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