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Live Nation, Ticketmaster Fail to Get Antitrust Claims Dismissed

Live Nation, Ticketmaster can't escape the Justice Department's antitrust claims, a judge ruled Friday, rejecting the music giant's dismissal motion

While Live Nation-Ticketmaster may have entered the year, as they called it, “hopeful” that Donald Trump’s presidency would bode well for its fight against the massive antitrust lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors last May, the company took a hit Friday when a Biden-appointed judge rejected its bid to dismiss a core element of the Justice Department’s complaint. In a seven-page ruling obtained by Rolling Stone, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian refused to toss the DOJ’s claim that Live Nation coerces artists into using its concert promotion services if they want to perform at venues in the company’s vast network of major amphitheaters. In the second part of his decision issued Friday, Judge Subramanian ruled that the states had established their standing to act on behalf of consumers who claim they were overcharged due to Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s alleged anti-competitive practices in the primary ticketing market.

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