Sports Litigation Alert Reports that Claims Against Ticketmaster Can Continue

Feb. 1, 2012 - PRLog -- February 1, 2012- Austin, TX- The latest edition of Sports Litigation Alert reports on how Ticketmaster secured a partial victory against a sports event producer, which sued the ticketing industry giant for fraud, conversion and negligence in connection with a soccer match, after the event failed to produce the gate that the producer had hoped for.

Specifically, the court granted Ticketmaster’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as it related to the fraud claim. The conversion and negligence claims were allowed to continue.

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   Why the NCAA’s Efforts to Preserve Amateurism Are Both Lawful and in the Best
Interest of College Athletics

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