April 18, 2017
Online travel companies including Expedia Inc. and Hotels.com that were slapped with an $84 million judgment for underpaying hotel occupancy taxes in various Texas cities should now pay an additional $25 million to attorneys representing the cities, a magistrate judge recommended Monday.
October 24, 2016
A group of hotel booking sites fired back at a class of Texas municipalities seeking information from their lawyers in a $43 million fee fight Friday, saying they have no bearing on the struggle over whether the fee request is "reasonable."
July 26, 2016
Counsel for a class of Texas municipalities on Monday asked for an award of about $43 million in attorneys' fees in a suit alleging online travel companies failed to pay the full amount of hotel occupancy taxes owed to the cities, calling the fees "reasonable" for the yearslong suit.
May 12, 2016
A class of Texas municipalities led by San Antonio told a federal court Thursday it's appealing the calculation of penalties and interest awarded in an $84 million judgment against Hotels.com and several other online travel companies for underpaying hotel occupancy taxes.
May 06, 2016
Expedia Inc. and several other online travel companies on Friday appealed to the Fifth Circuit a judgment from a Texas federal court in a class action saying numerous towns in the state can collect $84 million in taxes, penalties and interest from the companies for underpaying hotel occupancy taxes.
February 21, 2014
A Texas federal judge on Thursday refused to grant a new trial in a class action that awarded $55 million to Texas cities alleging Expedia Inc. and several other online travel companies underpaid hotel occupancy taxes, saying there weren't any grave errors in the trial.
May 03, 2013
Expedia Inc., Hotels.com LP and nine others told a Texas federal judge Thursday that a $55 million class action judgment for underpaid hotel occupancy taxes was based on faulty evidence and an incorrect interpretation of the law, and asked for a new trial.
April 05, 2013
A Texas federal judge on Thursday ordered Expedia Inc., Hotels.com LP, Hotwire Inc. and other online travel companies to pay more than $55 million to 173 Texas cities in a class action to recover allegedly underpaid hotel occupancy taxes.
March 13, 2013
The city of San Antonio on Tuesday asked a Texas federal judge to enter a $55 million judgment in a class action against online travel companies Expedia Inc., Hotels.com LP, Hotwire Inc. and others found to have underpaid hotel occupancy taxes to 173 cities.