Village of Bedford Park et al v. Expedia WA et al

  1. February 03, 2015

    Ill. Towns Seek Clarity On Class Cert. Denial In Expedia Suit

    A group of Illinois towns suing online travel websites for failing to pay municipal hotel taxes asked a federal court Monday to clarify its motion denying class certification and tell the towns whether or not they had failed to exhaust mandatory administrative remedies.

  2. January 07, 2015

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

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday refused to certify a class of Illinois towns that contend online travel websites such as Expedia Inc. and Priceline.com Inc. failed to pay municipal hotel taxes, after ruling that their individual tax ordinances differ too widely to make certification appropriate.

  3. December 04, 2014

    Expedia Ordered To Cough Up Hotel Tax Formula

    An Illinois federal judge ordered Expedia Inc. on Wednesday to explain exactly how it calculates taxes and fees it charges customers in a putative class action accusing the online travel company and others of underpaying hotel taxes, saying Expedia's answers to the question so far have been "opaque."

  4. November 03, 2014

    Expedia Calls Request For Hotel Tax Testimony An Overreach

    Expedia Inc. on Friday objected to a request to compel further testimony from a corporate representative on how the company calculates taxes and fees in a dispute over hotel taxes in an Illinois federal court, saying a group of towns in the state that sued the company is asking for irrelevant information.

  5. October 17, 2014

    Ill. Towns Want Expedia To Divulge Details In Hotel Tax Row

    A group of Illinois towns on Friday asked a federal judge to force online travel company Expedia Inc. to explain exactly how it calculates taxes and fees that it charges customers as part of a suit charging that Expedia and other travel companies are underpaying hotel taxes.

  6. March 14, 2014

    Expedia, Priceline Get Dismissals In Ill. Towns' Tax Suit

    A group of Illinois towns suing Expedia Inc. and other online travel companies over underpaid hotel taxes cannot proceed with some of their claims because they are limited to the statutory remedies under their respective ordinances, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.

  7. November 18, 2013

    Ill. Towns Distorting Law In Tax Row, Travel Sites Say

    Expedia Inc. and other online travel companies told an Illinois federal court Friday that a class action launched by Illinois towns over the sites' hotel tax calculations fails because the towns' claims are limited to statutory remedies and the towns' arguments to the contrary misstate the law. 

  8. August 09, 2013

    Illinois Towns Say Online Travel Sites Underpay Taxes

    Online travel companies such as Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity use ambiguous receipts to mask the fact that they underpay taxes on hotel rooms, according to a group of Illinois towns in a proposed class action lawsuit removed to federal court Thursday.