StubHub Buyers Denied Corrective Ad Campaign Over Refund Policy

"StubHub Inc. ticket buyers can't seek a "corrective advertising campaign" because they didn't receive refunds over events canceled during the Covid-19 pandemic."

"Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. of the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted StubHub's summary judgment motion on claims seeking "public injunctive relief" like an ad campaign."

"He granted StubHub's summary judgment on the buyers' Consumer Legal Remedies Act and False Advertising Law claims, to the extent they seek injunctive relief, and on the buyers' Unfair Competition Law claims in their entirety since "traditional monetary damages are not available under the statute.""

Ticket buyers who did not receive refunds for events canceled during the Covid-19 pandemic sought a corrective advertising campaign and other injunctive relief. Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. granted StubHub's summary judgment motion on claims seeking public injunctive relief, including a corrective ad campaign. The judge granted summary judgment on the buyers' Consumer Legal Remedies Act and False Advertising Law claims to the extent they sought injunctive relief. The judge also granted summary judgment on the buyers' Unfair Competition Law claims in their entirety because traditional monetary damages are not available under that statute.

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