Live Nation

Company slammed by senators after Taylor Swift ticket debacle · Customers lose bid to recall antitrust case from arbitration.

Wu of the US District Court for the Central District of California. Boggs, writing for the court, said the arbitration clause was prominently enough displayed on Live Nation’s websites for a reasonable user to have noticed it. The provision repeatedly referred to both companies by their common trade names, and it used Live Nation’s full legal name at least once, Boggs said. The lawsuit accuses the company of offering concert promotion services at a loss, tying them to its ticket business, and imposing a bevy of resale restrictions. The government signed off on the merger again in 2019, extending approval until 2025 as part of a deal resolving allegations that the company worked to undermine competition. The transaction secured antitrust clearance from the Justice Department.