December 17, 2024
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Keller Postman LLC attorneys told a California federal court that they are best suited to represent proposed classes of consumers accusing Live Nation and Ticketmaster of monopolizing the ticketing services space, saying they "developed the heart" of the consumers' claims.
October 18, 2023
The California federal judge overseeing an antitrust suit brought by ticket buyers against Live Nation and Ticketmaster is poised to defer ruling on the customers' bid to stop the companies from changing certain terms of use, opting to pause the case as the entertainment giants appeal the court's refusal to send the dispute to arbitration.
September 11, 2023
Live Nation and Ticketmaster asked a California federal court to pause an order refusing to force consumers to arbitrate their antitrust claims related to the companies' 2010 merger while they appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
August 22, 2023
Live Nation and Ticketmaster should not be allowed to rewrite their terms of use to include a new arbitration clause covering antitrust claims being hashed out in a class action in California, a proposed class of ticket buyers told a California federal judge.
August 11, 2023
Hours after indicating he would deny Live Nation and Ticketmaster's bid to compel arbitration of antitrust claims over their 2010 merger, a California federal judge did just that Thursday, saying the companies' failure to tell users it was switching to a new arbitrator is "procedurally unconscionable to an extreme degree."
August 10, 2023
A California federal judge appeared poised Thursday to deny Live Nation and Ticketmaster's bid to compel arbitration of antitrust claims over their 2010 merger, appearing unmoved by defense arguments that their switch to a new arbitrator without telling users was acceptable because it reduced filing costs.
July 13, 2023
A California federal judge appeared skeptical Thursday of Live Nation and Ticketmaster's bid to compel arbitration of antitrust claims over their 2010 merger, saying Live Nation's failure to inform customers it was switching to a new arbitrator with rules plaintiffs once called "Kafkaesque" appeared to be procedurally unconscionable.
April 17, 2023
Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the two entities that comprise America's largest ticket vendor, maintain that antitrust claims filed over their 2010 merger must be sent to arbitration, telling a Los Angeles federal court that arbitral proceedings would be fair to their customers.
March 20, 2023
Customers accusing Ticketmaster and Live Nation of monopolization have urged a California federal court to reject the companies' "non-traditional, Kafkaesque" arbitration procedure, arguing it's procedurally unconscionable and imposes "absurd" limitations on claimants.
December 15, 2022
Customers suing Live Nation and Ticketmaster for monopolizing the market have asked a California federal judge not to partly quash their subpoenas against a potentially biased arbitration company, saying it should produce documents dated after it signed an agreement with the concert ticket sellers.