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Live Nation fails to fully evade, set for trial in US DOJ, states’ monopoly suit

By Khushita Vasant ( February 19, 2026, 02:04 GMT | Insight) -- Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation failed to fully fend off antitrust claims brought by the Department of Justice and several US states, with a New York federal judge ruling that fans have a triable issue about antitrust injury and that backing the companies’ argument for all Section 1 claims would be a "coup for antitrust defendants." US District Judge Arun Subramanian partly granted and partly denied Live Nation’s motion for summary judgment.Ticketmaster LLC and parent company Live Nation Entertainment Inc. failed to fully escape antitrust claims brought by the US Department of Justice and several individual states, with a New York federal judge ruling that fans have a triable issue about antitrust injury and that backing the companies’ argument for all claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act would be a "coup for antitrust defendants."...

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