A consumer lawsuit that accuses Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster of charging artificially inflated ticket prices will proceed at the same time as the antitrust case filed by the US Government and 39 states.
US District Judge George Wu rejected a request from Live Nation to pause the proposed class action during the government’s own lawsuit, in Los Angeles earlier this week.
The consumers’ lawsuit is a proposed nationwide class action seeking monetary damages and was filed in January 2022.
According to a report from Reuters, Live Nation had argued that allowing the two lawsuits to move ahead at the same time risked “wasting resources” and could lead to potentially conflicting rulings.
The two cases claim that Live Nation limits competition for the live entertainment ticketing industry through exclusive deals with venues.
Meanwhile, the consumer case was brought on behalf of original ticket purchasers and resale ticket buyers from across the US. Live Nation previously tried to have the claims heard in a private arbitration.
The article from Reuters added that the government’s case against Live Nation-Ticketmaster is set for trial in 2026.
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