November 15, 2018 -- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday began hearing arguments in a lawsuit filed by Airbnb and HomeAway that seeks to invalidate key sections of Santa Monica's pioneering homesharing law.
Attorneys for the two online companies are seeking to invalidate portions of the City's law that penalize online platforms for booking short-term rentals of unlicensed properties.
On Friday, the plaintiffs argued that the local ordinance is upending their business model by forcing them to remove illegal listings and poses an economic threat to the growing industry if other cities follow suit, according to a report in courthousenews.com.
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