LN/SK in new war of words over destroyed evidence
Live Nation's lawyer has welcomed the latest ruling in its antitrust case with Songkick, but the latter accuses him of misrepresenting the ruling
News By | 14 November 2016
A Californian magistrate has rejected claims by Songkick that Live Nation destroyed evidence relating to the companies’ ongoing anti-competition lawsuit. Judge Alicia G.
A Californian magistrate has rejected claims by Songkick that Live Nation destroyed evidence relating to the companies’ ongoing anti-competition lawsuit.
Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg, of the central district court of California, ruled on Thursday that Live Nation/Ticketmaster had no duty to retain the documents in question, which include a February 2014 letter from Complete Entertainment Resources (Songkick) regarding Ticketmaster’s fan-club policy, and denied a request by Songkick for a forensic search.
“There is no indication in the record before the court that any party — Songkick, Ticketmaster or Live Nation — failed to preserve documents regarding Songkick’s compliance with Ticketmaster fan-club…
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