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Consumer Law

Jan. 28, 2026

Giants sued over alleged drip pricing of online ticket sales

A proposed federal class action claims the San Francisco Giants misled fans by advertising low ticket prices online and adding mandatory fees at checkout, a practice now barred under California's Honest Pricing Law.

Giants sued over alleged drip pricing of online ticket sales
Wesley M. Griffith of Long Beach-based law firm Almeida Law Group, LLC

The San Francisco Giants have been hit with a federal class action that claims the baseball team misled fans by advertising low ticket prices online and then adding mandatory fees at checkout -- a practice now banned under California's new Honest Pricing Law.

The proposed class action, filed Monday in the Northern District of California, alleges the Giants used so-called "drip pricing" for years by displaying ticket prices that excluded extra fees, which were reveale...

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