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Live Nation Can’t Dismiss Shareholder Lawsuit Over ‘False and Misleading’ Earnings Reports, Judge Rules
In the Live Nation shareholder lawsuit, a judge ruled the company can't dismiss claims that "misleading" earnings reports led to a drop in its stock.
Since it merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, Live Nation has faced antitrust complaints over the company’s size and market share from competitors, politicians including Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal, and consumer advocates. Scrutiny of the company increased in 2019 when officials with the Department of Justice opted to extend a decade-old consent decree against it, and then ramped up again following the high-profile 2022 crash of Taylor Swift ’s Ticketmaster sale for her Eras Tour. Since 2022, Live Nation has not been notified that it’s the subject of any legal action by the Department of Justice and has written in its annual disclosures that it cooperates with all federal and state authorities, operates in a highly competitive marketplace and attributes its revenue growth at the end of 2021 to an increase “in events and higher ticket sales.”
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