Note that a grand per day is the maximum penalty. The sum of any actual fine thats leveled would be decided in court. The company apparently decided to skip a step and just go straight to the courts themselves. Although they never came right out and said that they planned to sue, company spokespersons always intimated that they "doubted the legality" of the citys crackdown attempts. In Monday's complaint , Airbnb alleges that the new law violates the 1996 Communications Decency Act. The CDA limits a web platforms responsibility for shady doings its users may get up to, at least ostensibly.
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