FTC, Connecticut Tout Settlements With TicketNetwork, Ryadd, SecureBoxOffice

An online resale ticket exchange and two of its marketing partners agreed to settle federal and state accusations of misleading consumers into thinking they were buying event tickets from the original venue at face value when the defendants’ websites actually were ticket reseller sites often selling tickets above the venue’s original price (FTC v. TicketNetwork, Inc., D. Conn., No. 3:14-cv-1046).

The three stipulated orders with the Federal Trade Commission and the Connecticut attorney general’s office, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and released on July 24, prohibit the defendants from deceptively advertising their ...