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- Mar 9, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Justice Department Settles Its Antitrust Case Against Live Nation Mid-Trial
- On 9 March 2026 the Antitrust Division filed a settlement term sheet signed by the United States and Live Nation and Ticketmaster, discussed in Judge Arun Subramanian's courtroom that day[1]
- The deal lets competitors such as SeatGeek and StubHub sell tickets to Live Nation events, caps ticketing service fees at 15% and divests exclusive booking agreements with 13 amphitheatres; it does not require selling Ticketmaster[3]
- It includes a $280 million fund for the damages claims of the handful of states that signed on[3]
- Former DOJ trial lawyers later criticised the settlement, which came a week after the trial opened[2]
- Most of the states, 33 plus the District of Columbia, rejected it and carried on to a jury verdict[4]
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- [1]90%storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.621993/gov.uscourts.nysd.621993.1171.0_3.pdfstorage.courtlistener.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Mar 9, 2026 ✓· 37% of score
The Antitrust Division's letter to Judge Subramanian, dated and filed March 9, 2026: 'attached is the settlement term sheet signed by the United States and by Defendants that was discussed in court today.'
- [2]75%Ex-DoJ Antitrust Attorneys Slam Live Nation-Ticketmaster Settlementvariety.com· Published Jun 8, 2026· 24% of score
Former DOJ trial lawyers criticise the department's abrupt settlement with Live Nation, reached one week after the trial began in March.[1]
- [3]80%Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly and overcharged fanscnn.com· Published Apr 15, 2026· 20% of score
Summarises the DOJ deal: rivals such as SeatGeek and StubHub may sell tickets to Live Nation events, ticketing service fees are capped at 15%, exclusive booking agreements with 13 amphitheatres are divested, and a $280 million fund covers damages claims of the states that signed on.[1]
- [4]78%Jury finds that Live Nation and Ticketmaster acted as a monopolynpr.org· Published Apr 15, 2026· 20% of score
Notes that 33 states and the District of Columbia pressed on to a verdict after the company settled the earlier antitrust suit with the Justice Department.[1]
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