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  1. September 28, 2015

    Ill. Towns Denied Class Cert. Again In Travel Site Tax Row

    A second attempt at class certification by 154 Illinois municipalities accusing online travel companies, including Expedia Inc. and Orbitz LLC, of underpaying hotel taxes was rebuffed again on Monday when an Illinois federal judge said the five proposed subclasses fail to set materially identical legal standards.

  2. August 12, 2015

    Ill. Towns Defend Class Cert. Bid In Travel Site Tax Row

    Illinois municipalities on Wednesday defended against objections to their proposed class in a suit against online travel companies, including Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz, which the towns accuse of underpaying municipal hotel taxes, saying the companies are wrong in stating that each municipality's hotel tax ordinances must share identical language for class certification.

  3. July 30, 2015

    Travel Sites Say Towns Didn't Fix Class Cert. Bid In Tax Row

    Expedia Inc. and other travel websites asked a federal judge Wednesday to reject a second bid for class certification by 14 Illinois municipalities that accused the sites of failing to pay municipal hotel taxes, saying the towns are merely reshuffling subclasses that still don't pass muster.

  4. July 20, 2015

    Ill. Towns Again Seek Class Cert. In Travel Site Tax Case

    Fourteen Illinois municipalities have once again urged a federal judge to certify their proposed class in a dispute alleging Expedia Inc. and other travel websites failed to pay municipal hotel taxes, arguing that their differing tax ordinances are materially identical.

  5. June 04, 2015

    Judge Axes Travel Sites' Exhaustion Defense In Ill. Tax Row

    An Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday that Expedia Inc. and other travel websites must face a suit from Illinois municipalities seeking back hotel taxes, saying the websites' exhaustion defense isn't viable because the court has concurrent jurisdiction to take up the tax row.

  6. April 13, 2015

    Travel Sites Say Exhaustion Defense Is Solid In Ill. Tax Row

    Expedia Inc. and other travel websites that Illinois municipalities are suing for back hotel taxes blasted the towns' argument that the websites' exhaustion defense doesn't hold water, insisting in a Friday reply brief that their defense is viable and meritorious.

  7. March 27, 2015

    Travel Sites' Exhaustion Defense Is Tired, Ill. Towns Say

    Illinois municipalities suing several travel websites for back hotel taxes on Friday told a federal court in the state that the websites' exhaustion defense doesn't hold water because the doctrine applies only when the law vests an agency with exclusive jurisdiction over a case.

  8. March 09, 2015

    Travel Sites Say Towns Didn't Exhaust Remedies In Tax Suit

    Expedia Inc. and several travel websites that 14 Illinois municipalities are suing for back hotel taxes urged a federal judge on Friday to affirm as viable their defense that the suit fails because the towns didn't exhaust administrative remedies in trying to collect the revenue.

  9. February 13, 2015

    Ill. Towns Lose Bid To Clarify Jurisdiction

    A U.S. federal judge in Illinois on Wednesday denied a motion by a group of towns seeking clarification after being denied class certification in a suit against travel companies accused of failing to pay municipal taxes.

  10. February 11, 2015

    Travel Sites Say Ill. Towns Can't Get Cert. Ruling Clarified

    Several travel websites accused of failing to pay municipal hotel taxes on Wednesday rebutted a motion by Illinois towns requesting that a federal judge clarify his decision denying class certification, arguing the matter is settled and the case should proceed.

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