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The antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster<\/a> is moving forward this week, with 32 states and the District of Columbia involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company returned to court and the jury reconvened on Monday after a week-long break, with testimony from Jay Marciano, the chief executive of AEG Presents, Live Nation’s main competitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live Nation previously agreed to a settlement with the Department of Justice which would require them to allow third-party resale companies on their platform, would cap service fees at 15%, and place limits on exclusivity contracts for venues, as well as awarding $280 million to the involved states, all of which is expected to lead to lower ticket prices. Despite calls for Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be split up, they will remain under one company. Multiple attorneys general for the states remaining in the lawsuit have criticized the settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said the settlement is “a major step in improving the concert experience for artists and fans throughout the United States.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He continued, “By giving artists greater flexibility in choosing their promotional partners and ticketing strategy while also keeping the cost of a concert more affordable for fans, we are putting more power where it should be \u2013 with artists and fans.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven states\u2014Arkansas, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and South Dakota\u2014accepted the settlement and are not moving forward with their lawsuits. The remaining states initially requested a mistrial but have since withdrawn it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the states moving forward is New York, whose attorney general, Letitia James, criticized the settlement<\/a> because it “fails to address the monopoly at the center of this case.” Other attorneys general have echoed those sentiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some lawmakers agree and have introduced legislation<\/a> to limit some of Live Nation’s reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live Nation and Ticketmaster first merged in 2010, and Live Nation has frequently been criticized as a monopoly which drives up prices for concertgoers in the years since, a claim the company disputes. The ongoing antitrust lawsuit was initially filed in 2024, but legal battles against Live Nation and Ticketmaster date back to the ’90s, when Pearl Jam filed their own lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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