Ticketmaster Court Hearing and Rally

LOS ANGELES - Aug. 7, 2023 - PRLog -- This week we will be gathering in Los Angeles to mark the end of Swift's 2023 U.S. tour, as well as support a separate law firm's court hearing in their case against Ticketmaster-Live Nation.

Wednesday August 9th, evening
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
We will gather in solidarity with ticketless fans outside of Swift's concert.

Thursday August 10th, 8am
U.S. Superior Court, 350 W 1st St, Los Angeles, CA
We will attend the hearing of Skot Heckman, et al. v. Live Nation, Inc., et al. (https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/cacdce/2:2022cv00047/840458). The outcome of this court hearing has crucial implications to our legal case as it pertains to Ticketmaster's mandatory arbitration agreement; it is our biggest obstacle to accessing all of the data from Taylor's ticket sale and having a jury trial. We do not want to settle.

Case background

Live Nation's mandatory arbitration agreement was previously challenged in the case Oberstein v. Live Nation Ent. Inc.. District Judge George H. Wu of the Central District of California ruled against Oberstein and this decision was held up on appeal by the 9th Circuit Court in February 2023 (https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/live-nation-facin...).

Live Nation recently switched to a new arbitration agreement through New Era ADR (https://www.neweraadr.com/new-era-adr-expedited-virtual-a...), which is far more stringent. The Heckman hearing on August 10th will determine whether the new arbitration agreement is binding. See NBC News' Ticketmaster's 'Kafkaesque' arbitration process is rigged, lawyers say (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ticketmaster-live-nation-arbitration-process-rigged-lawyers-say-rcna78172) for a detailed explanation. This ruling will have a crucial impact on our own case.

We had a court hearing on July 20, 2023. In the hearing Judge Wu said the following:

"So I guess we would hold off on that motion because you will see what happens when I rule [in the Heckman case], and, you know, if it's different then maybe it's a different result. If it's not different, then I probably should reach the same result in this case as I did in that case, if it's the same issue, which apparently both sides are saying that it's probably the same issue." - Judge Wu, July 20th hearing transcript, p. 11-1