Live Nation Loses Bid for Full Dismissal of Antitrust Suit

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. must face an antitrust trial on some claims brought by the US Justice Department and various states for allegedly monopolizing the live events market, after a federal judge rejected the company’s request to dismiss a case that could force the shedding of its Ticketmaster unit.A jury should see evidence and decide whether Live Nation’s conduct in the concert business amounts to illegal monopolization, US District Judge Arun Subramanian said Wednesday in a 44-page ruling. A tria ...