Live Nation Entertainment asked a federal judge in New York on Thursday to dismiss several states’ claims that the live event promoter harmed event-goers by stifling competition with its ticket-selling arm, Ticketmaster.
Live Nation seeks to dismiss part of the lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of states filed in May. Prosecutors seek to break up Live Nation and argue the concert promoter and Ticketmaster illegally inflated concert ticket prices and hurt artists.
Last month, several states joined the lawsuit, taking the total up to 39 states and the District of Columbia.