MANHATTAN (CN) — The federal antitrust trial against Ticketmaster and its parent concert promotion company Live Nation resumed on Monday, a week after the Department of Justice pulled out of the case by settling with the live event giants.
Now, 36 states and the District of Columbia — rejecting the DOJ’s controversial settlement — are leading the case, which charges Ticketmaster and Live Nation with leveraging their power and influence as the most powerful concert brands to foster an anticompetitive market at the detriment of fans, venues and artists.
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