"Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster LLC unit got a ruling that would toss most antitrust claims brought by a group of consumers alleging the companies colluded to inflate ticket prices.

Judge George H. Wu of the US District Court for the Central District of California adopted a decision Thursday that discarded claims of exclusive dealing, tying, boycotting, and breach of contract, as well as a claim brought under California’s Unfair Competition Law.

The decision stands in contrast to a separate ruling made by Wu in April that allowed claims brought by a different group of consumer plaintiffs to ..."

This article was originally published in Bloomberg Law