Viagogo given green light for $1.6m+ SFX suit

Judge Mary Walrath has waived the bankruptcy protection afforded to SFX Entertainment, ruling Viagogo can continue with its claim for breach of contract

Viagogo founder Eric Baker © Stanford Graduate School of Business

A US bankruptcy judge has given the go-ahead to Viagogo to bring legal action against SFX Entertainment. In a hearing on 30 August, Mary F.

Walrath ruled Geneva-based Viagogo may proceed with its claim for breach of contract, modifying the “automatic stay” applied to SFX (an injunction that bars creditors from collecting debts from a bankrupt debtor) to permit the secondary ticketing platform to “assert and prosecute any and all counterclaims” against SFX.

Having reviewed the request, said Walrath, the court determined…

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