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Live Nation’s failed arbitration experiment complicates US DOJ’s antitrust fight

By Chris May ( February 28, 2025, 23:18 GMT | Comment) -- Live Nation’s failure to keep class-action antitrust claims bottled up in arbitration has spilled over into a discovery dispute involving high-profile litigation brought by a US Department of Justice-led coalition seeking to break up the company. Granting the consumer plaintiffs’ request for access to DOJ documents would offer a major boost to stalled litigation, but it also risks bogging down the agency’s case in parallel proceedings while undermining the government’s ability to promise cooperators that their sensitive material will remain confidential.Live Nation’s failure to keep class-action antitrust claims bottled up in arbitration has spilled over into a discovery dispute involving high-profile litigation brought by a US Department of Justice-led coalition seeking to break up the company....

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