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Federal Court Upholds New Era ADR’s Updated Procedures in Live Nation Litigation

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Southern District of New York finds plaintiffs agreed to arbitrate and concludes New Era’s updated procedures are enforceable

CHICAGO, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — New Era ADR welcomed a significant decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York enforcing arbitration agreements designating New Era in consolidated antitrust actions against Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster. After undertaking what it describes as a “fresh analysis” of New Era’s revised arbitration procedures, the Court concluded that those procedures are enforceable. The opinion is among the first to evaluate New Era’s revised arbitration procedures following changes made in response to earlier litigation.

In Jacobson v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and Leifer v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Judge Arun Subramanian granted the defendants’ motions to compel arbitration and stay the litigation, holding that the plaintiffs agreed to arbitrate their claims and failed to show that the delegation provision assigning questions of arbitrability to the arbitrator was unenforceable.

Importantly, the Court undertook a detailed review of New Era’s current arbitration procedures, recognizing that the organization had revised its rules following earlier litigation in the Ninth Circuit and evaluating the updated procedures on their own merits.

The opinion explained: “New Era changed its rules shortly after the Ninth Circuit’s decision… The Court thus begins a fresh analysis.” Following that review, the Court concluded: “The changes address the major problems identified by the Ninth Circuit and bring the terms within the realm of conscionability.”

After permitting targeted discovery into the plaintiffs’ allegations concerning New Era, the Court rejected claims that the organization or its procedures were improperly influenced. Judge Subramanian concluded: “Jacobson originally raised a serious concern that New Era’s rules were tainted by Latham’s involvement in drafting them. But now that there has been discovery, it’s clear that this is but a phantom concern. So the Court concludes that there’s no evidence of anything untoward.”

The Court further observed that New Era’s updated rules “differ meaningfully from the old ones,” including revisions to discovery procedures and arbitrator selection that addressed concerns identified in the earlier litigation. 

“This decision reinforces an important principle,” said Collin Williams, Co-Founder and CEO of New Era. “Courts will evaluate arbitration programs based on the fairness of the procedures that actually exist today. We have always believed that technology, procedural efficiency, and due process are complementary, not competing, principles. We appreciate the Court’s careful analysis and remain committed to continuously improving our platform and rules as arbitration continues to evolve.”

The opinion provides important guidance for businesses implementing consumer and commercial arbitration programs. Rather than relying on earlier decisions involving prior versions of New Era’s rules, the Court evaluated the organization’s current procedures on their own merits, emphasizing that arbitration providers may refine their processes over time while continuing to satisfy the fundamental standards of fairness and enforceability. 

New Era ADR is a technology-enabled provider of arbitration and mediation services designed for the modern economy. By combining experienced neutrals, purpose-built technology, transparent procedures, and predictable pricing, New Era helps businesses and individuals resolve disputes more efficiently while maintaining the fairness, neutrality, and enforceability that are the hallmarks of effective alternative dispute resolution.

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Advanced Technology Services Earns Top 10 Ranking Among America’s Best Private Companies

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PEORIA, Ill., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), a leading provider of technology–driven industrial maintenance and reliability solutions, today announced it has been ranked No. 6 on TIME’s America’s Best Private Companies 2026 list, developed in partnership with Statista.

The inaugural ranking recognizes 500 privately held companies in the United States based on two key measures: employee satisfaction and company impact. According to TIME and Statista, employee satisfaction was evaluated through independent employee survey data, while company impact was assessed across four dimensions: society, knowledge, health, and environment.

“We’re honored to receive this recognition,” said Jeff Owens, CEO of ATS. “Our greatest strength has always been our people. Every day, our team helps manufacturers solve complex problems, improve performance, and prepare for what’s next. As our industry continues to evolve, we’re excited about the opportunities ahead and remain committed to investing in our people, expanding our capabilities, and helping our customers succeed.”

ATS continues to invest in employee development, technical capabilities, and technology-driven service delivery to help manufacturers improve safety, reliability, productivity, and operational performance. Through those investments, the company is helping manufacturers address increasingly complex maintenance and reliability challenges while creating opportunities for employees to build meaningful careers in manufacturing.

About Advanced Technology Services: Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), is a global services provider with over four decades of proven experience as a single source for industrial maintenance, technology, and parts. Established in 1985, the company has grown to be a market leader supporting over 1,400 customer manufacturing sites. Through its industry-leading safety, people, processes, and technologies, ATS is advancing solutions that make its customers’ operations more productive, more reliable, and more data-driven. Learn how ATS makes factories run better and smarter at www.advancedtech.com.

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Maywood Collaborates with S&P Global Market Intelligence to Integrate its Data into Maywood’s AI Workflows

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NEW YORK, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Maywood, the first finance-compliant proactive AI built for investment banking, private equity, and the broader financial services industry, today announced it has collaborated with S&P Global Market Intelligence to integrate its data into Maywood’s proactive AI harness. The integration lets Maywood’s agents proactively track important companies, identify key signals, and help teams do more deals.

Maywood’s collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence significantly upgrades the power of its proactive AI agent.

The integration enables Maverick, Maywood’s proactive AI agent, to monitor real-time private and public company financials, transactions, and corporate events as they happen. Financial teams can now stay ahead of the moments that move deals: a target approaching a financing need, a portfolio company nearing an exit, a sponsor’s hold period maturing, a leadership change that signals a new mandate. Rather than running a search after the fact, Maverick watches these signals continuously across a dealmaker’s universe, connects them to the relationships and live deals already in the CRM and deal book, and surfaces the right move, drafted and ready, the moment it matters.

“Senior dealmakers don’t miss opportunities because the data isn’t available. They miss them because no one was watching at the right moment,” said Kent Goodman, Chief Operating Officer of Maywood. “Most artificial intelligence waits to be prompted, which makes the managing director the bottleneck. Maverick inverts that. It’s AI that prompts you, now grounded in S&P Global Market Intelligence’s trusted data, so managing directors and partners are in front of the right person at exactly the right time.”

Maverick is purpose-built for the senior professionals who drive revenue across investment banking, private equity, commercial banking, wealth management, auditing, and business development. It embeds compliant AI into the systems they already use and is built to FINRA and SEC requirements from day one, with human approval at every external boundary.

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Maywood is a leader in proactive AI for finance, spanning investment banking, commercial banking, lending, private credit, private equity, wealth management, auditing, and business development. Its agent Maverick is the first finance-compliant proactive AI that runs 24/7, purpose-built for managing directors and partners. Every senior professional carries hundreds of relationships and dozens of live deals, and today’s AI waits to be prompted, making the human the bottleneck. Maywood inverts that: it works in the background across your network and your deal book, surfacing moves, drafting replies, and pushing process forward. For more information, visit www.maywoodai.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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STI Launches EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway for Demanding High-Density Cable Applications

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SOMERVILLE, N.J., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Specified Technologies Inc. (STI) is raising the bar for high-capacity cable management with the launch of the brand-new EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway. Engineered to meet the growing demands of today’s data centers and telecommunications infrastructure, ULTRA provides a fire-rated solution for large volumes of data, communications, and power cabling, including high-fill cable tray-supported systems that exceed the capacity of conventional pathway solutions.

ULTRA is specifically designed for cable dense environments, supporting high-fill cable tray systems, main distribution pathways, and backbone routing in data center and telecommunications high-capacity network environments. The fire-rated pathway device promotes efficient, repeatable installation that helps accelerate construction schedules by reducing installation complexity in high-capacity cable environments. Ample entryway headroom accommodates oversized pulling heads or pre-connectorized fiber optic cables for the lifecycle of the device.

The EZ Path® ULTRA accommodates continuous and discontinuous cable tray systems. Appropriately sized devices accommodate 12″, 18″, and 24″ wide cable trays, up to 6″ tall, ensuring firestopping performance for the full capacity of the cable tray.

“We wanted to support the next generation of digital infrastructure with a modern solution purpose-built for cable-dense environments,” says Product Manager Justin Mentuck. “By streamlining installation and simplifying ongoing pathway management, this product helps keep projects on schedule and minimizes downtime in mission-critical facilities.” Documentation for the new EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway is available here.

Specified Technologies Inc. (STI) is dedicated to advancing life and asset safety through innovative passive fire protection systems and digital solutions that help prevent the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases. The company’s SpecSeal® and EZ Path® product lines are engineered for simplified installation and high performance, often resulting in lower installed costs. With firestopping as its sole focus, STI concentrates all resources on delivering fully tested, high-quality, and forward-thinking firestopping solutions.

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