The Department of Justice has amended its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, alleging that Ticketmaster's introduction of nontransferable tickets and the SafeTix system was primarily intended to stifle competition from rival platforms like StubHub and SeatGeek, rather than merely to reduce ticket fraud. "The complaint, which was amended on Monday after 10 states joined the DOJ's lawsuit, cites internal Ticketmaster documents obtained during the legal process," notes The Verge. From the report:

In 2019, Ticketmaster rolled out SafeTix, which replaced static barcodes on electronic tickets with encrypted barcodes that refresh every 15 seconds. Ticketmaster marketed SafeTix as a way of reducing ticket fraud, but the complaint claims reducing competition was âoea primary motivationâ for the new ticketing system. [...] The amended complaint includes new information about Ticketmaster's dominance of the events market. One internal Live Nation document cited in the complaint notes that Ticketmaster is the primary ticketer for approximately 80 percent of arenas across the country that host NBA or NHL teams. As of 2022, Live Nation-promoted events accounted for 70 percent of all amphitheater shows across the country, according to internal Live Nation events mentioned in the complaint.

The DOJ alleges that because of Ticketmaster's conduct, consumers have âoepaid more and continue to pay more for fees relating to tickets to live events than they would have paid in a free and open competitive market.â The exact amount of monetary harm is still unknown, the complaint claims, and will require discovery from Ticketmaster and Live Nation's books, as well as from its third-party competitors.

UAE lawyer Irina Heaver said the ruling shows the growing acceptance of crypto in employment contracts, recognizing the evolving nature of Web3 financial transactions.

Beijing court rejects lawsuit brought by Xu Zaozao, who was seeking to widen access to fertility treatment in China

Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio accused by fellow billionaire of using public beach as ‘personal sandbox’

Case file: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jewdajpg8syu172hb04bg/Broad-Beach-Complaint.pdf?rlkey=aqgkebdqadp17k4k7wbcl4ouf&e=3&st=lgpug8w0&dl=0

Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, arrested for falsely claiming Elvis Presley’s daughter borrowed $3.8m from a bogus lender

The 43-year-old man left letters threatening to “destroy or explode everything here in whole America."

DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-arrested-explosives-threats-and-attack-energy-facility

San Francisco is seeking to remove 16 of the most visited sites.

Case file: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Complaint_Final_Redacted.pdf

The order follows a 12-year battle to remain in New Zealand.

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Case file: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/gkvllznwmvb/Yoshimoto%20v.%20Alaska%20Airlines%20order%2020240812.pdf

“If the case goes to court, they will stand trial.” Both celebrities have been named in a criminal complaint filed by Olympic champion Imane Khelif over alleged “acts of aggravated cyber harassment.”

“That world is changing,” says Judge Donato.

Disney has asked a court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the husband of a Carle Place doctor who suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant.

It wasn't the first OceanGate sub to use a game controller

Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner called the lawsuit “ridiculous.”

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25041194/ecf-1_complaint-for-declaratory-and-injunctive-relief.pdf

Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against GM over years of alleged abuse of customers’ data and trust. New car owners were presented with a “confusing and highly misleading” process that was implied to be for their safety, but “was no more than a deceptively designed sales flow” that surrendered their data for GM to sell.

Case file: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/General%20Motors%20Data%20Privacy%20Petition%20Filed.pdf

Dutch-based copyright enforcement group BREIN has taken down a large language dataset that was being offered for use in training AI models, the organization said on Tuesday.