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Article: McKool Smith Announces $20 Million Verdict for Texas Cities in Class Action Against Online Hotel Booking Companies.
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- Leisure & Travel Week
- Article date:
- November 21, 2009
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The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a $20 million jury verdict handed down today on behalf of more than 170 Texas cities in a class-action lawsuit against online hotel booking companies over unpaid hotel occupancy taxes.
Texas cities large and small stand to gain from this closely watched case, while hundreds of municipalities across the country have either filed their own hotel tax lawsuits or are considering filing claims aimed at reclaiming lost tourism tax revenue from Internet-based hotel room wholesalers.
The McKool Smith team representing the City of San Antonio and other Texas cities and municipalities included lead counsel Steven ...