{"id":721987,"date":"2026-04-15T22:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/live-nation-loses-jury-trial-to-states-in-monopoly-case\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:15:16","slug":"live-nation-loses-jury-trial-to-states-in-monopoly-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/live-nation-loses-jury-trial-to-states-in-monopoly-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Nation Loses Jury Trial to States In Monopoly Case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tLive Nation Entertainment has been found liable <\/strong>in its bombshell monopoly lawsuit, <\/strong>according to news<\/a> reports, a major move that could drastically shake up the live music landscape as a judge could now decides the penalty Live Nation and Ticketmaster should face.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter a weeks-long trial that featured testimony from the likes of Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino as well as other major industry stakeholders like AEG Presents CEO Jay Marciano and Drake\u2019s manager Adel Nur, jurors ruled on Wednesday that Live Nation functions as a monopoly that has squashed competitors and driven up ticket costs for fans. The bulk of the claims jurors focused on were related to requirements for artists at Live Nation\u2019s amphitheaters, as well as claims that Live Nation strong-armed concert venues to use Ticketmaster if they wanted access to Live Nation\u2019s concerts. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe verdict comes two years after the DOJ and nearly 40 plaintiff states had first announced a lawsuit against the live music giant in May of 2024, with the department taking an aggressive and rare call to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster over a decade after the DOJ had originally allowed the merger over a decade prior. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe DOJ, however, surprised the court after confirming it had reached a settlement with Live Nation just days after the trial started. A few of the plaintiff states joined in settling alongside the federal government, but over 30 states \u2014 including market leaders California, New York and Texas \u2014 decided to keep litigating on their own, enlisting prominent antitrust lawyer Jeffrey Kessler as their counsel.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs part of the DOJ settlement, Live Nation had already agreed to some concessions far less severe than a breakup, which included ending booking agreements with 13 amphitheaters across the country and opening its remaining amphitheaters for all other concert promoters. Live Nation also agreed to another extension to the consent decree it had originally entered when Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged, which stipulated that Live Nation couldn\u2019t withhold concerts from venues that used other ticketing providers than Ticketmaster. (The DOJ had previously sued Live Nation in 2018 on claims of violating the decree, with Live Nation denying the violation and settling out of court and extending the decree back then as well.)<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyond the claims itself, evidence released in the trial had revealed some unflattering conversations between Live Nation representatives, perhaps most notably a set of exchanges between two regional employees bragging to each other about gouging concertgoers on ancillary fees and parking spaces. \u00a0\u201cRobbing them, blind, baby, that\u2019s how we do,\u201d one of the employees wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tRapino had disavowed the exchange during his testimony, saying \u201cIt\u2019s disgusting, it\u2019s not the way we operate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith the verdict decided, the next question remains what remedies Judge Arun Subramanian will deem necessary, and if that would include a breakup. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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