StubHub Covid-19 Ticket Refund Suits Sent to California

Federal suits alleging StubHub Inc. wrongfully changed its refund policies for events cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic will be combined in a California federal court, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said Thursday.

Centralization in one court will eliminate duplicative discovery, avoid inconsistent pretrial rulings, particularly on class certification, and conserve the resources of the parties, their counsel, and the judiciary, the panel said.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where four proposed class suits against StubHub are already pending and where StubHub is based, is an appropriate district for the litigation, the panel ...