Attorneys for home-share companies Airbnb and Homeaway told a Ninth Circuit panel Friday that a strict Santa Monica, California, ordinance banning short-term rentals is frustrating their customers and disrupting their business models.
Read moreSwinging back at a data demand it calls unprecedented, Airbnb claims in a federal complaint Friday that the New York City Council authorized warrantless searches of its private business records.
Read moreIn the same month that Paul Manafort was seeking a mortgage on his Manhattan apartment, the condominium’s Airbnb rental listing was deactivated, a witness from the travel website confirmed Thursday on the witness stand.
Read moreRejecting complaints from neighbors, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a family can rent out their waterfront property on Hayward Lake to vacationers.
Read moreEight anonymous Airbnb hosts sued for an injunction Thursday after getting letters that indicate the website will turn over their details, including tax identification numbers, to New York City investigators.
Read moreIn response to its housing and homelessness crisis, the city of Los Angeles on Wednesday stepped up its regulations on short-term rental properties such as those found on Airbnb.
Read moreThe Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday in a case centered around whether operating a home as a vacation rental constitutes commercial activity.
Read moreCommissioned by a union for hotel workers, a report published Tuesday says Airbnb is to blame for soaring rents in New York City and the failure by elected officials to increase affordable housing.
Read moreAirbnb won’t have to face a class action for racial discrimination if a federal judge follows the recommendation of a magistrate judge who said the black woman representing the class can’t sue because she has not personally faced discrimination from the company.
Read moreA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Airbnb, in which an apartment management company accused the home-share giant of encouraging renters to violate lease agreements and creating an unsafe environment for other tenants.
Read moreAirbnb offers black renters 16 percent fewer places to stay than white customers – the online equivalent of a separate, back door for black people, class-action attorneys told a federal judge Tuesday.
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A lawyer representing Chicago argued in court Tuesday on behalf of the city’s new ordinance regulating online home-sharing services like Airbnb, saying the city has every right to regulate business activity.
Read moreVacation rental website HomeAway.com brought a federal lawsuit against Chicago on Monday, claiming the city’s new labyrinthine home-rental ordinance unfairly favors its competitor, Airbnb.
Read moreAfter months of negotiating, Airbnb and HomeAway have agreed to drop their federal lawsuit against the city of San Francisco over what they called an unconstitutionally onerous short-term rental law.
Read moreA federal judge rejected a constitutional attack on a Santa Monica ordinance that bans most Airbnb-style short-term vacation rentals, but allowed frustrated homeowners to continue their class action against the city’ under California’s sweeping Coastal Act.
Read moreThe mayor of San Francisco has vetoed legislation aimed at imposing one of the strictest limits on vacation rentals in the nation, securing a win for home-sharing firms like Airbnb.
Read moreA federal judge gave home-share giant Airbnb a two-week reprieve from San Francisco’s short-term rental law, blocking the city from instituting criminal fines on any company that collects fees from unregistered bookings.
Read moreThe San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved stricter limits on short-term rentals, a move likely to impact the bottom line of home-sharing firms like Airbnb.
Read moreA second lawsuit was filed Tuesday challenging Chicago’s new ordinance regulating home-sharing services like Airbnb, this time under state-law claims.
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