Ticketmaster settles class-action lawsuit over fees

Live Nation Entertainment, the parent corporation of Ticketmaster, announced on January 26, 2011, that it had settled a class-action lawsuit over fees charged by its subsidiary, Ticketmaster.

The lawsuit, originally filed by two individual plaintiffs in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2003 and granted class-action status in September, accused Ticketmaster of misleading customers when it tacked on $14.50 to $25 in delivery fees. The suit alleged that Ticketmaster suggested that the fees simply covered the cost of delivering the tickets, but were in fact designed to boost the company’s profit.

Live Nation, which merged last year with Ticketmaster to create an entertainment powerhouse, agreed to settle the lawsuit in December, setting aside $22.3 million to pay for legal fees and issue refunds to affected customers.

The company, which is suing its insurance carrier for not covering more than $4 million in legal expenses incurred in the case, admitted no wrongdoing, but said Ticketmaster would “make certain changes to disclosures on its website.”

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