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Live Nation’s Motion to Dismiss Government Antitrust Case Rejected

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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and state antitrust authorities have plausibly alleged that Live Nation engaged in illegal tying and coercion of performing artists, a federal judge in the Southern District...more

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DOJ, States Sue Live Nation-Ticketmaster for Monopolizing Live Concert Markets

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Agencies seek to split the company, saying exclusionary conduct harms consumers, artists, and venue owners. The Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and 30 state attorneys general sued Live Nation Entertainment Inc....more

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DOJ Opens New Review of ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees and Sets July 10 Deadline for Public Comment

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On June 5, 2019, the Department of Justice announced its opening of a formal review of the antitrust consent decrees that have regulated music performance licensing by ASCAP and BMI since the 1940s. ...more

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Southern District of New York Holds Music Publishers Cannot Selectively Withdraw New Media Rights from ASCAP's Repertory

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On September 17, 2013, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the consent decree entered into by and between the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the...more

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