MSG Entertainment said that company policy dating back to June is to ban anyone whose firm is suing MSG from attending any event at any of its venues.
“While we understand this policy is disappointing to some, we cannot ignore the fact that litigation creates an inherently adversarial environment,” MSG Entertainment said.
Under the policy, those attorneys are only allowed back at MSG Entertainment events once the legal cases have ended.
Samuel Davis, from Davis, Saperstein, and Salomon, where Conlon works, was upset at MSG’s tactics.
“Separating a mother from her daughter and Girl Scouts that she was watching over and to do it under the pretext of protecting any disclosure of litigation information is absolutely absurd,” Davis said.
“The fact that they’re using facial recognition technology to do this is frightening. It’s just un-American to do this.”
MSG Entertainment justified its use of facial recognition technology in a statement: “We have always made it clear to our guests and to the public that we use facial recognition as one of our tools to provide a safe and secure environment and we will continue to use it to protect against the entry of individuals who we have prohibited from entering our venues.”
Burns & Harris and Davidoff Hutcher & Citron banned
Attorney Nicolette Landi went to see Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas To All Show” at Madison Square Garden last week. Her firm, Burns and Harris, represents a client who was allegedly injured on a staircase at the venue.
