Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit have been hit with the first in a likely wave of consumer antitrust lawsuits after the U.S. government and states sued to break up the two companies on Thursday. The consumer class action is seeking $5 billion in damages on behalf of potentially millions of ticket purchasers. Read more.
President Joe Biden surpassed a milestone 200th appointment to the federal judiciary, exceeding predecessor Donald Trump‘s pace … Biden also announced four new judicial nominees, including the daughter of a sitting judge who currently serves on the same U.S. appeals court she was nominated to join … Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines of Montana said he will oppose Biden’s pick who would have become the first Native American to serve as a federal district court judge in the state, likely dooming her nomination … And the U.S. Senate cemented an all-Democratic appointed bench on the 1st Circuit.
