Live Nation Gets Antitrust Case Over Fees Sent to Arbitration

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. brushed aside antitrust litigation over the “extraordinarily high fees” that allegedly followed its 2010 merger with Ticketmaster LLC, when a federal judge in Los Angeles sent the consumer case to arbitration with little discussion.

Judge George H. Wu hit pause on the proposed class action, saying he would suspend proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California until the consumer plaintiffs finished arbitrating their claims under their agreements with the event ticketing giant.

The brief docket order doesn’t contain any reasoning, but it indicates Wu agreed with at least some of the ...