A judge in California seems ready to let a massive group of Ticketmaster users band together for their antitrust case against Live Nation. George Wu heard arguments about class certification and basically brushed off the company's lawyer when he tried claiming you can't lump all these ticket buyers together. The plaintiffs want to represent every American who paid service fees on primary tickets since 2010, which could mean millions of people going after billions in damages.
The original lawsuit from 2022 says Ticketmaster was secretly hooking up brokers with tickets while pretending to fight scalpers, then forcing those brokers to resell only on their platform. They're also accused of jacking up prices by 20% to 80% through fees and locking venues into exclusive deals.
This is just one headache for Live Nation right now since the DOJ also sued them, and the FTC is coming after them for allegedly breaking their own rules about bulk ticket purchases.
The original lawsuit from 2022 says Ticketmaster was secretly hooking up brokers with tickets while pretending to fight scalpers, then forcing those brokers to resell only on their platform. They're also accused of jacking up prices by 20% to 80% through fees and locking venues into exclusive deals.
This is just one headache for Live Nation right now since the DOJ also sued them, and the FTC is coming after them for allegedly breaking their own rules about bulk ticket purchases.
