A U.S. law firm is seeking to launch a class-action lawsuit on behalf of fans who purchased inflated resale tickets through Ticketmaster, alleging the company runs a professional scalper program that may have violated consumer rights. However, the company did not deny the existence of its program helping industrial-scale scalpers to resell their large inventories. In Canada, a lawyer behind a class-action lawsuit already underway against Ticketmaster, and involving allegations of price gouging, says he intends to expand his claim to include damages to fans affected by the company's scalper program. But he confirmed to CBC News on Friday that he soon plans to amend his statement of claim to include formal allegations and claims for compensation, tied to the secret scalper program. CBC News goes undercover to expose Ticketmaster's secret scalper program.

Source: CBC News September 22, 2018 15:56 UTC