# FTC and four states demand jury trial in BOTS Act lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ftc-and-four-states-demand-jury-trial-in-bots-act-lawsuit-against-live-nation-and-ticketmaster/
- Published: 2026-11-02T20:00:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T20:14:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Music Business Worldwide
- Original article: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ftc-and-four-states-demand-jury-trial-in-bots-act-lawsuit-against-live-nation-and-ticketmaster/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- The FTC and four states seek a jury trial in the BOTS Act case.
- The demand was filed on the final day of the 14-day deadline.
- The lawsuit says resale tickets generated US$3.7 billion in fees.

## Summary

The FTC and Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Nebraska have demanded a jury trial on issues in their BOTS Act lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The case alleges the companies resold tickets they knew, or should have known, brokers had acquired by evading Ticketmaster’s ticket limits.

The demand was filed on the last day of the 14-day period after the companies answered the complaint. The FTC’s request for an order to stop the alleged practices would still be decided by a judge; Tennessee, Utah and Virginia are not named in the jury demand. The wider lawsuit, filed in September 2025, says resale tickets generated US$3.7 billion in fees from 2019 to 2024. A judge rejected the companies’ motion to dismiss, while stressing that the allegations had not been proven.

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