Friday, May 29, 2026

After Live Nation Verdict DOJ Withheld All Documents so FOIA Suit by Inner City Press

SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 27 –  The United States versus Live Nation trial began on March 2 with jury selection, before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Arun Subramanian.   Then after a week of testimony it went on pause, and the DOJ and several states settled with Live Nation. 

   Inner City Press submitted a Freedom of Information Act requests to US DOJ on March 27, 2026.

   DOJ granted expedited processing, then asked Inner City Press to narrow its request, which it did.

  But just after the jury verdict that Live Nation is a monopolist, DOJ denied the FOIA request in full. Inner City Press immediately appeal - and that was denied.

On May 27, Inner City Press filed a FOIA lawsuit in SDNY, complaint on CourtListener here.

Watch this site.    

March 18 extra on "war room(s)" on X for Subscribers here and Substack here

On March 6, Inner City Press was in the courtroom at 8:30 am, and spoke to push for further unsealing, including of demonstratives. See new book, "TicketMonster: US v Live Nation 1," ebook, audiobook and paperback here.

The case is United States of America et al v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. et al., 24-cv-3973 (Subramanian)