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> StubHub and its CEO, Eric Baker, have been hit with a proposed $5-million class-action lawsuit

This should be much higher. A class action lawsuit shouldn’t be worth less than what these people can make scalping a single Taylor Swift concert.

This just opens an opportunity for them to settle, admit no wrongdoing and then include a clause in the settlement that prevents further lawsuits.

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IANAL, but the exact language from the complaint was:

>WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, individually and on behalf of the Class, respectfully requests that this Court:

>...

>Award compensatory, statutory, and/or restitutionary damages, as applicable, in an amount to be determined at trial and that the aggregate amount in controversy across the whole class exceeds $5,000,000;

it doesn't say that the damages are capped at 5M, only that they're asking for at least 5M.

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