March 14, 2019
Hotels accusing Expedia of luring customers with false advertisements and diverting them to make reservations at places where it gets a cut have been granted partial class certification, but a California federal judge denied their bid to seek profits Expedia made from the alleged scheme.
February 23, 2018
A pair of hotels are pushing to certify their proposed class action accusing Expedia of luring customers with false advertisements and then diverting them to make reservations at places where it gets a cut, telling a California federal court Thursday that a class action is the best way for their Lanham Act claims to proceed.
October 12, 2017
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that a pair of hotels provided enough evidence to survive a dismissal bid from Expedia in a suit accusing the company of luring in customers with false advertisements and then diverting them to make reservations at places where it gets a cut.
August 22, 2017
A pair of hotels blasted Expedia's bid to trim a proposed class action accusing the company of luring in customers with false advertisements and then diverting them to make reservations at places where it gets a cut, telling a California federal judge Monday that the motion is "untimely and improper."
August 08, 2017
Expedia Inc. urged a California federal court on Monday to trim a proposed class action that claims it lures in customers with false advertisements and then diverts them to make reservations at hotels where Expedia gets a cut of the booking, arguing that specific evidence of fraud is needed.
May 08, 2017
A group of hotels consolidated their suit against several Expedia Inc. travel-booking websites on Friday in California federal court, reasserting their claim that the sites lure in consumers with false advertisements and then divert them to reservations at hotels where they get a cut of the booking.
January 12, 2017
A California federal judge Thursday said he'll give a proposed class of hotels one more chance to preserve some claims that Expedia cost them business by erroneously listing them as having no vacancies, saying lead plaintiff Buckeye Tree Lodge must offer evidence Expedia prevented a customer from booking there.
November 10, 2016
Expedia Inc. urged a California federal court Wednesday to trim claims in a proposed class action accusing the hotel-booking site of using a "classic bait and switch" advertising campaign to lure customers to rival hotels with pictures of their properties, saying the proposed class failed to give specific examples of business lost.
November 03, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday granted the request of a hotel and several Expedia Inc. booking websites to send to mediation a proposed class action accusing the sites of a "classic bait and switch" advertising campaign, saying the parties agreed to alternative dispute resolution.
August 17, 2016
Expedia Inc. and several of its booking websites are facing a proposed class action in California federal court filed Wednesday by a hotelier that claims the websites are luring consumers in with advertisements for its property and then diverting them toward reservations at hotels where it gets a cut of the booking.