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Litigation

Aug. 23, 2012

Travel websites accused of price fixing

Travel websites Expedia and Travelocity are among several accused of price fixing in a proposed class action filed in the Northern District of California.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Travel websites Expedia and Travelocity are among several accused of price fixing in a proposed class action filed in the Northern District of California on Monday. The plaintiffs, an Illinois and an Iowa resident, accuse travel companies Expedia Inc., Sabre Holdings Corp., and Priceline.com Inc. of leveraging "their substantial market power to induce" hotels to offer room reservations at a so-called rack rate, which is a published...

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