{"id":236472,"date":"2026-02-24T15:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/02\/24\/live-nation-ruling-karol-g-lawsuit-diddy-appeal-miley-cyrus-case-more-top-music-law-news-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:15:49","slug":"live-nation-ruling-karol-g-lawsuit-diddy-appeal-miley-cyrus-case-more-top-music-law-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/02\/24\/live-nation-ruling-karol-g-lawsuit-diddy-appeal-miley-cyrus-case-more-top-music-law-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Nation Ruling, Karol G Lawsuit, Diddy Appeal, Miley Cyrus Case & More Top Music Law\u00a0News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tTHE BIG STORY:<\/strong> Two years after the Department of Justice filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation seeking to split the company from Ticketmaster, a federal judge ruled that the case could move ahead to a blockbuster trial.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe feds claim Live Nation runs an illegal \u201cflywheel\u201d \u2014 reaping revenue from ticket buyers, using that money to sign artists, then leveraging that repertoire to lock venues into exclusive ticketing contracts that yield ever more revenue.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAfter more than a year of discovery, Live Nation urged the judge to end that case, arguing that little hard evidence had been uncovered. But in his ruling last week, Judge Arun Subramanian (yes, that<\/em> Arun Subramanian) said the government could proceed to trial on several key accusations, including that Live Nation abused its vast portfolio of amphitheaters to force artists to use its promotion services.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA reasonable jury could certainly find that artists were coerced into going with Live Nation as their promoter to get into its amphitheaters,\u201d the judge wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor more, go read our full story here<\/a>, with the judge\u2019s actual written ruling; Live Nation\u2019s unusual response<\/a> urging the feds to settle; and its push for a trial postponement<\/a> amid a fast-track appeal. And stay with Billboard for the trial \u2013 set to start next Monday.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019re reading The Legal Beat<\/a>, a weekly newsletter about music law from <\/em>Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday, subscribe here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tOther top stories this week\u2026\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t-Two producers dropped their lawsuit against Karol G over a song from her chart-topping album Ma\u00f1ana Ser\u00e1 Bonito \u2013 and, in a rare move, apologized for filing it<\/a> in the first place.<\/p>\n

\n\t-The record labels are cracking down on corporate social media accounts that use popular songs. Here\u2019s why it\u2019s happening<\/a>, and what experts say might come next.<\/p>\n

\n\t-Skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics got a hard lesson in the complex world of music licensing as they tried to use popular songs in their routines: \u201cIt\u2019s a clearance nightmare.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t-Prosecutors filed their main brief<\/a> in Sean \u201cDiddy\u201c Combs\u2019 criminal appeal, arguing there\u2019s no basis to disturb the mogul\u2019s prostitution conviction and four-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n

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\n\t-Miley Cyrus asked a judge to dismiss the long-running lawsuit claiming her chart-topping \u201cFlowers\u201d ripped off Bruno Mars\u2019 \u201cWhen I Was Your Man,\u201d arguing the two songs are \u201cvery different.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t-As Lil Durk\u2019s murder-for-hire trial nears, a judge ruled that prosecutors can introduce some of his lyrics<\/a> as evidence, ruling they are directly relevant to the accusations in the case.<\/p>\n

\n\t-OutKast reached a settlement<\/a> to end a lawsuit against an electronic dance music duo calling itself ATLiens \u2013 the same name as one of the hip hop duo\u2019s best-known songs.<\/p>\n

\n\t-Regional Mexican music legend Ram\u00f3n Ayala is facing a $25 million lawsuit<\/a> from a tour photographer alleging Ayala\u2019s son engaged in abusive behavior toward the staffer.<\/p>\n

\n\t-R&B singer Kenny Lattimore filed a lawsuit<\/a> against distributor SRG\/ILS Group, claiming he\u2019s received only a single royalty check since the release of his last album in 2021.<\/p>\n

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\n\t-In unrelated Live Nation news, a judge refused to dismiss<\/a> a civil suit over the deadly 2023 shooting at the Beyond Wonderland festival at Washington\u2019s Gorge Amphitheatre.<\/p>\n

\n\t-Donny Osmond is facing a lawsuit<\/a> from a concertgoer who says she suffered a \u201ctraumatic retinal injury\u201d after being hit with a giant inflatable lit-up ball at his Las Vegas residency.<\/p>\n

\n\t-The estate of Isaac Hayes reached a settlement<\/a> with President Donald Trump to end copyright litigation over the use of the 1966 song \u201cHold On, I\u2019m Comin\u2019\u201d at election rallies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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THE BIG STORY: Two years after the Department of Justice filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation seeking to split the company from Ticketmaster, a federal judge ruled that the case could move ahead to a blockbuster trial. The feds claim Live Nation runs an illegal \u201cflywheel\u201d \u2014 reaping revenue from ticket buyers, using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}