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Live Nation Pushes Back on States Attempt to Reveal How the DOJ Settlement Got Made

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Live Nation Pushes Back on States Attempt to Reveal How the DOJ Settlement Got Made

In dueling letters, a coalition of 20 states and D.C. asks Judge Subramanian to compel more discovery into the DOJ deal. Live Nation says it has offered plenty and the rest is "merits-like" overreach.

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Before Live Nation, There Was the Syndicate

Sep 30, 2026

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Before Live Nation, There Was the Syndicate

A new book from antitrust scholar Spencer Weber Waller traces 130 years of cartels, monopolies and blacklists in live entertainment — and argues the Live Nation case is the latest act in a very old play.

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StubHub Let a Consumer's Arbitration Die by Not Paying a $600 Fee. It Still Tells Customers to Use the Same Forum

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StubHub Let a Consumer's Arbitration Die by Not Paying a $600 Fee. It Still Tells Customers to Use the Same Forum

The American Arbitration Association closed the case, warned it may refuse future StubHub claims and asked the company to take its name out of the user agreement. Seven months later, the clause still named the AAA.

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The Security Gaps Behind Drakeo the Ruler's Death, in the Words of the People Who Ran the Festival

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The Security Gaps Behind Drakeo the Ruler's Death, in the Words of the People Who Ran the Festival

Three new court filings, with hundreds of pages of depositions, emails and internal reports, show how the artist entrance at Once Upon a Time in LA was actually run. With trial set for Nov. 30, each security company says someone else was responsible.

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Newsom Signs California's 'Ghost Ticket' Ban — Then Tells Lawmakers to Fix It

AB 1349 became law Sunday after a late-session rewrite turned its coalition inside out. The venue group that helped write it begged for a veto. The resale giant that spent millions fighting it ended up backing it. And the governor signed it while flagging the carve-out at its center.

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Vanderbilt's Live Nation Subsidy Report: What Holds Up and What Doesn't

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Vanderbilt's Live Nation Subsidy Report: What Holds Up and What Doesn't

Highly cited report gets some things right, but makes too many incorrect assumptions to serve as an indictment of promoter giant.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jim Glancy and John Moore Out At Bowery Presents

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EXCLUSIVE: Jim Glancy and John Moore Out At Bowery Presents

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Live Nation Pushes Back on States Attempt to Reveal How the DOJ Settlement Got Made

Recommended for you

Ed Sheeran Tour Is Entering a Dangerous Death Spiral

Before Live Nation, There Was the Syndicate

StubHub Let a Consumer's Arbitration Die by Not Paying a $600 Fee. It Still Tells Customers to Use the Same Forum

The Security Gaps Behind Drakeo the Ruler's Death, in the Words of the People Who Ran the Festival

Newsom Signs California's 'Ghost Ticket' Ban — Then Tells Lawmakers to Fix It

Vanderbilt's Live Nation Subsidy Report: What Holds Up and What Doesn't

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Glancy and John Moore Out At Bowery Presents

You're Not Going To Believe Who Is Cast in the Rolling Loud Movie

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