‘Ticketmaster and Hidden Notice’

“A notice is supposed to be, well, noticeable. A hidden notice is an oxymoron. Unfortunately, the law of digital contracts seems to be a law of oxymorons. Another such oxymoronic case, Hansen v Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc, was decided this week by a federal court that allowed Ticketmaster to use its Terms of Use (TOU) to shunt a pandemic-related contract dispute to arbitration. The plaintiff, Derek Hansen, purchased two Rage Against the Machine concert tickets in February 2020 and filed a class action against Ticketmaster and Live Entertainment, claiming that it retroactively changed its refund policy in response to the coronavirus pandemic …” (more)

[Nancy Kim, ContractsProf Blog, 17 December]

First posted 2020-12-17 15:34:51

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