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  1. December 16, 2024

    Circuit-By-Circuit Guide To 2024's Most Memorable Moments

    One judge said a litigant's position would cause "an effing nightmare," and another decried the legal community's silence amid "illegitimate aspersions." Public officials literally trashed one court's opinion, and fateful rulings dealt with controversial politicians, social media and decades of environmental policy. Those were just a few appellate highlights in 2024, a year teeming with memorable moments both substantive and sensational.

  2. December 09, 2024

    Live Nation Denied Rehearing In 9th Circ. Arbitration Fight

    The full Ninth Circuit has refused to reconsider an appellate panel's recent decision invalidating Live Nation and Ticketmaster's choice of a digital arbitration startup for consumer antitrust claims over allegedly exorbitant ticket prices.

  3. November 13, 2024

    Live Nation Ruling Chills Modern Arbitration, 9th Circ. Told

    The Ninth Circuit's recent decision invalidating Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and Ticketmaster's choice of a digital arbitration startup for consumer antitrust claims has created "massive uncertainty" and undermines innovative approaches for dealing with abusive mass arbitrations, the live event companies argued in a rehearing petition Tuesday.

  4. October 28, 2024

    9th Circ. Nixes Arbitration In Live Nation Ticket Sale Suit

    The Ninth Circuit affirmed Monday that Live Nation and Ticketmaster can't force consumer litigation over allegedly exorbitant ticket prices into arbitration, ruling in a published opinion that the underlying arbitration agreement linking to "borderline unintelligible" arbitral rules is unenforceable.

  5. July 26, 2024

    Live Nation Tells 9th Circ. Arbitration Supported By Calif. Ruling

    Live Nation told the Ninth Circuit that recent precedent from California's top court backs its argument that consumer litigation over allegedly exorbitant ticket prices should go to arbitration, despite arbitral rules criticized by the panel as "cockamamie" during oral arguments last month.

  6. June 14, 2024

    'Cockamamie' Live Nation Arbitration Rules Perplex 9th Circ.

    An attorney for Live Nation Entertainment Inc. argued to skeptical Ninth Circuit judges on Friday that a California district judge was wrong to remove ticket buyers' antitrust class claims from arbitration by finding the arbitration agreements unconscionable, with one judge calling the language in the agreements "drafting malpractice," "cockamamie" and "just nuts."

  7. February 12, 2024

    Live Nation Buyers Urge 9th Circ. To Nix Arbitration Rules

    Consumers suing Live Nation and Ticketmaster in a proposed antitrust class action have told the Ninth Circuit that a district court correctly ruled the companies' failure to tell ticket buyers they were switching to a new arbitrator is "procedurally unconscionable to an extreme degree."

  8. February 09, 2024

    Live Nation Defends 'Modest' Arbitration Tweaks At 9th Circ

    Live Nation Entertainment Inc. told the Ninth Circuit that a California district judge was wrong to remove ticket buyers' antitrust claims from arbitration simply because the company changed arbitrators.

  9. November 22, 2023

    US Chamber Backs Live Nation Arbitration Appeal To 9th Circ.

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the Ninth Circuit it supports Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and Ticketmaster LLC in their appeal of a court order refusing to send proposed class action claims against them to arbitration, saying the flawed ruling threatens arbitration benefits for businesses and customers alike.

  10. October 13, 2023

    9th Circ. Lets Consumers Speed Up Live Nation's Arb. Appeal

    Consumers convinced the Ninth Circuit to speed up Live Nation and Ticketmaster's appeal of an order refusing to send the proposed class action over their 2010 merger into arbitration, rejecting the companies' assertions that there's no reason for expedited treatment.

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