Live Nation doesn't meet threshold for new US monopoly trial, states say
( June 22, 2026, 22:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Live Nation and Ticketmaster's challenge to a US federal court’s jury instructions isn't grounds for a new trial, 33 US states and the District of Columbia said in opposing the companies' motion for a second trial. "Nothing about this case comes close to meeting the exceptional circumstances that would warrant a new trial," the states said in a filing to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The defendants also restated some evidentiary objections they presented at trial, each of which the court overruled after careful consideration, they said, adding that all evidence was properly admitted for the jury’s consideration and there was no abuse of discretion by the court. "Defendants’ weight-of-the-evidence argument is a repackaging of their meritless...
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