A Manhattan jury found Live Nation-Ticketmaster liable on three counts of antitrust violations: illegally monopolizing live event ticketing, monopolizing amphitheaters, and illegally tying its concert promotions business to venue access.
The verdict opens the door to a full corporate breakup, the original goal of the Biden DOJ lawsuit filed in 2024. That outcome would go significantly further than the settlement the Trump DOJ had already reached with the company, making the liability finding a direct rebuke of that softer approach.
The full story is worth reading for the specifics on how the jury weighed the tying claim, what a breakup proceeding would actually look like, and whether the current DOJ pursues that remedy or walks away from the fight.
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