About this episode

John interviews Jeffrey L. Kessler about his successful antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster involving 33 states.

John is joined by Jeffrey L. Kessler, Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP. They discuss the remarkable antitrust trial Jeff won involving Live Nation and Ticketmaster. In that case, the Department of Justice, 33 states, and the District of Columbia sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster, only for the DOJ to settle and withdraw from the case one week into the trial. The remaining states continued litigating and brought in Jeff as their new lead trial lawyer midway through the proceedi...

People in this episode

Host: John

Guest: Jeffrey L. Kessler

Topics covered

• antitrust law
• legal trial
• Live Nation
• Ticketmaster
• Department of Justice
• litigation

Keywords

• antitrust
• trial
• Live Nation
• Ticketmaster
• Department of Justice
• litigation
• Jeffrey L. Kessler

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Winston & Strawn LLP, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Department of Justice

Places: 33 states, District of Columbia

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