The owners of an independent promotions company are suing Live Nation for alleged strong-arm tactics that led to the owners losing a contract with the New Jersey State Fair.

Thomas Dorfman and Chris Barrett, owners of Juice Entertainment, LLC, claim that Live Nation "repeatedly made defamatory statements" about Juice Entertainment and coerced artists not to play at this year's fair.

Ticketmaster is doubling the amount it initially set aside to settle a class action lawsuit over certain fees, after a judge rejected a proposed settlement earlier this year.

The company will pay a minimum of $45 million in the form of credits on future ticket purchases by class members. The class includes consumers who purchased tickets from Ticketmaster.com between October 21, 1999, and October 19, 2011.

Ticket resale marketplace StubHub argued before the North Carolina Court of Appeals on December 1 that the company did not violate former state scalping laws when a couple paid above face value for "Hannah Montana" tickets on the site in 2007.

Greensboro, NC, residents Jeffrey and Lisa Hill paid $149 apiece for four tickets to the November 2007 concert, but the face value of each ticket was $56. The purchase price totaled $667.55, including $59.60 in fees and $11.95 for shipping.

Having received a ruling from the Illinois Supreme Court on certain questions in the case, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals this week dismissed the city of Chicago's amusement tax collection lawsuit against StubHub.

A lower court had dismissed the case last year, at which point the city appealed to the 7th Circuit Court. The circuit court then asked the state Supreme Court to interpret certain questions surrounding Illinois' legislative laws, and the Supreme Court handed down their ruling last month.