Latest Airbnb Headlines
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Airbnb Generates $1.1M in Wyoming Taxes, 56k Visitor Stays
Nov 13 2018 // Online hospitality company Airbnb says its hosts generated about $1.1 million in tax revenue during the first year of its agreement with the state of Wyoming. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Airbnb started...
Airbnb Will No Longer Require Arbitration for Employee Bias and Harassment Claims
Nov 13 2018 // Airbnb Inc., following Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc., said it would not force employees who filed sexual harassment claims to settle those cases in private arbitration. Airbnb also...
Airbnb Sues New York City to Block User-Data Bill Over Privacy
Aug 27 2018 // Home-rental providers Airbnb Inc. and HomeAway are suing New York City over a recently passed law that allows the collection of data on the websites’ hosts, claiming the ordinance violates users’ constitutional...
Tighter Regulations in NYC Could Take Bite Out of Airbnb Profits
Aug 17 2018 // Airbnb faces tightening regulations in New York City that could take a big bite out of its profits, and on Wednesday the short-term rental company offered a counter-measure designed to appease hostile politicians: a $10...
Declarations
Aug 6 2018 // Campus Guns “College campuses as gun-free zones present an environment where murderers, rapists and other criminals may commit crimes without fear of being harmed by their victims.” — An NRA lobbyist who...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Rental, Voter, Climate Bills as Deadline Looms
Aug 1 2018 // The Massachusetts Legislature gave final approval Monday to a bill that would tax and regulate short-term rentals, including those offered by Airbnb and other online platforms. After weeks of negotiations, House and Senate...
Judge Rules Airbnb Can’t Dodge Aimco’s Illegal Sublease Claims in Miami
Jul 16 2018 // Airbnb Inc., having escaped a major U.S. landlord’s lawsuit over partying tourists at high-end Los Angeles apartments, will have to defend itself against the same allegations by the same landlord in Miami. A Florida...
GM to Pilot Airbnb-Like Service for Autos This Summer
Mar 14 2018 // General Motors Co. plans to start a pilot program this summer that will enable car owners to rent out their vehicles when they aren’t using them, according to people familiar with the matter. The tests will begin in...
Airbnb Sues City of Miami, Alleges Violation of Hosts’ First Amendment Rights
Apr 18 2017 // The homesharing platform Airbnb is suing the city of Miami, where officials threatened to crack down on hosts who publicly protested regulations prohibiting short-term rentals. According to the lawsuit filed Friday in...
Airbnb at Odds with Miami Mayor Over Homesharing Regulations
Mar 22 2017 // Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms face more restrictions in Miami, where the mayor plans for more aggressive enforcement of regulations prohibiting rentals of single-family homes in its residential areas. Amid spring...
Steamin’ Hot Markets: Cyber, Sharing Economy, Active Shooter, Construction, Mergers and More
Mar 20 2017 // Cyber Sharing Economy, Active Shooter, Construction, Mergers and More Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes, challenges, expansions and growth in the past year. For 2017, experts predict the U.S....
Oregon Woman Sues Airbnb Alleging Discrimination
Mar 9 2017 // A Clackamas County, Ore. woman has filed a lawsuit against vacation-rental website Airbnb, saying the site facilitates discrimination against black users. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that Patricia Harrington has...
Singapore Tightens Rules for Sharing Economy that Could Disrupt Asia Ambitions
Feb 27 2017 // Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia. The rules, some...
A Conciliatory Airbnb Offers Guidelines for Cities’ Homesharing Regulation
Dec 9 2016 // In a moment of peace-making with regulators, Airbnb on Wednesday released a set of policy suggestions for governments that are considering new laws for home- and apartment-renting. The document, which comes on the heels of...
Airbnb, New York City Settle Rental Law Lawsuit
Dec 6 2016 // Airbnb Inc. and New York City said on Friday they had resolved a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law it argued could expose it to significant penalties for advertising short-term apartment rentals. Airbnb...
Home-Share Site Airbnb Loses Round in Fight Against City Regulations
Nov 9 2016 // Airbnb Inc.’s claim that it’s just a conduit for user-generated content was rejected by a judge who said the company may not be able to duck a San Francisco law punishing it when hosts book units that...
Federal Judge Upholds Airbnb Arbitration Clause in Racial Bias Case
Nov 2 2016 // A man who claims that the online lodging site Airbnb violated his civil rights must take his complaint to arbitration with Airbnb and cannot sue the online service, a federal judge has ruled. In a Nov. 1 ruling, Judge...
Source Says Airbnb, New York in Talks to Resolve Rental Law Lawsuit
Nov 2 2016 // Airbnb Inc and New York state are in talks to resolve a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law it says could expose it to significant penalties for advertising short-term apartment rentals, a person familiar with...
New York to Hold Off Enforcing Airbnb Sublet Restrictions
Oct 26 2016 // The city and state of New York said Monday they would hold off enforcing a new law restricting short-term apartment sublets against Airbnb Inc. until the company’s lawsuit over the issue is resolved. That was a...
Airbnb’s New York Fight Moves From Legislature to Courtroom
Oct 24 2016 // Airbnb Inc. is fighting to stay alive in the biggest rental market in the U.S. Hours after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law that will fine residents who rent out their apartments for illegal short-term...
