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Airbnb's Conflict With New York State Attorney General Isn't Over

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Jason Clampet

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Airbnb will need to come up with new arguments if it wants to prevent a second subpoena from being successful.

Yesterday New York State Judge Gerald W. Connolly handed short-term rental site Airbnb a victory over the New York State Attorney General. But the Attorney General states that this win is just short-term. "The judge rejected all of Airbnb's arguments except for a narrow technical issue, and we will reissue the subpoena to address it," said Matt Mittenthal, spokesperson for Attorney General Schneiderman. " Judge Connolly ruled that the subpoena New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman served to Airbnb in October was too broad because it requested information about the website's users both outside of New York City and those who weren't renting their entire home or apartment, meaning they were not in violation of the state's short-term housing law. At the end of the 12-page ruling the judge wrote "The Court grants petitioner's instant application to quash the subpoena as overbroad and

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