MSG Entertainment Lifts Ban for Some Lawyers Involved in Lawsuits Against Company

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There is change coming to a policy that banned lawyers from some of the most famous venues in New York City if they were involved in litigation against the owner of those venues

“The SLA [State Liquor Authority] is way, way beyond their skis...they're being extremely aggressive and they're saying 'We're going to take away your liquor license.' So I have a little surprise for them," Dolan said during a TV interview."What we're gonna do, right, it we're going to pick a night, maybe a Rangers game, and we’re gonna shut down all the liquor and alcohol in the building.

A long-term season ticket holder has been banned from Madison Square Garden for representing clients that are suing the arena. News 4's Erica Byfield reports.pressed Madison Square Garden Entertainment about its reported use of facial recognition technology"MSG Entertainment cannot fight their legal battles in their own arenas," James said in a Jan. 26 release announcing her letter. She's seeking a response from MSG Entertainment by Feb. 13.

A spokesperson for the company previously told NBC New York that their facial recognition technology does not retain images of individuals, except for those previously advised they are prohibited from entering the company's venues or whose previous misconduct has identified them as being a security risk.

An attorney whose firm is in litigation with MSG Entertainment was barred from attending a Radio City Rockettes' show with her daughter and other Girl Scouts because the company's facial recognition technology knew where she worked. NBC New York's Sarah Wallace reports. "It was pretty simultaneous, I think, to me, going through the metal detector, that I heard over an intercom or loudspeaker," she told NBC New York."I heard them say woman with long dark hair and a grey scarf.""I believe they said that our recognition picked you up," Conlon said.

 

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