Ticketmaster Faces Legal Heat Amidst Taylor Swift and DOJ Pressure
TL;DR
Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit face a consumer class action lawsuit seeking $5 billion in damages, following a U.S. government antitrust case aiming to break up the companies. The lawsuit accuses Live Nation of monopolistic practices in the live events industry.
Topics:entertainmentbusiness#antitrust-lawsuit#business#concert-tickets#live-nation#ticketmaster#us-justice-department
- Live Nation ticket buyers sue in wake of US Justice Department case Reuters
- Pearl Jam asked Bill Clinton to take on Ticketmaster 30 years ago Yahoo Entertainment
- It's Taylor Swift's World. The Government Is Just Suing Ticketmaster in It. The Wall Street Journal
- If Ticketmaster gets busted up by the feds, we’ll have Taylor Swift to thank CNN
- Nation Antitrust Suit: Six Major Takeaways from the DOJ Complaint Rolling Stone
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