{"id":1474,"date":"2025-03-21T13:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncdoj.gov\/testthekits\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:22:42","slug":"attorney-general-jeff-jacksons-case-against-live-nation-and-ticketmaster-takes-major-step-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncdoj.gov\/testthekits\/2025\/03\/21\/attorney-general-jeff-jacksons-case-against-live-nation-and-ticketmaster-takes-major-step-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Jeff Jackson\u2019s Case Against Live Nation and Ticketmaster Takes Major Step Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_scxw129260922\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Friday, March 21, 2025<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Contact: Ben Conroy<\/span><span class=\"x_scxw129260922\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">(984) 383-9038<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">RALEIGH \u2013 Late last week, a judge denied Live Nation\u2019s motion to dismiss an antitrust case brought by Attorney General Jeff Jackson, 39 other Republican and Democratic Attorneys General, and the U.S. Department of Justice. This is a major step forward in this case that brings us closer to accountability for Live Nation.<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">\u201cLive Nation operates as an unlawful monopoly, which means that North Carolina consumers suffer when purchasing tickets through their business,\u201d said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. \u201cThe court was right to deny Live Nation\u2019s attempts to avoid legal accountability and we\u2019ll continue fighting for lawful ticketing and a healthy live show industry.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">The states and the federal government sued Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, in 2024, alleging that Live Nation created an illegal monopoly in the live entertainment industry.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">In his order denying Live Nation\u2019s motion to dismiss the case, the judge found that the states and USDOJ sufficiently alleged that Live Nation overcharged consumers <\/span><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">due to its maintenance of a monopoly over ticketing services.<\/span><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\"> Specifically, the complaint alleges that Live Nation:<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Harmed ticket buyers by charging higher fees and hiding information from consumers about the actual total cost to see a show.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Maintained its monopoly by locking venues into restrictive, long-term, exclusive agreements and threatening venues with losing access to Live Nation-controlled tours and artists if they sign with a rival ticketer.<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Forced artists to select Live Nation as a promoter over its rivals by leveraging its large network of venues.<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">The lawsuit asks the court to stop Live Nation from engaging in its anticompetitive practices and to require Live Nation to divest Ticketmaster.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\" align=\"center\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">###<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/ncdoj.gov\/attorney-general-jeff-jacksons-case-against-live-nation-and-ticketmaster-takes-major-step-forward\/\">Attorney General Jeff Jackson\u2019s Case Against Live Nation and Ticketmaster Takes Major Step Forward<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/ncdoj.gov\">NCDOJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Friday, March 21, 2025\u00a0 Contact: Ben Conroy\u00a0 (984) 383-9038\u00a0 RALEIGH \u2013 Late last week, a judge denied Live Nation\u2019s motion to dismiss an antitrust case brought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1476,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4,12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-news-releases","category-saki"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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