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Executive Order on Live Entertainment Ticketing Signals Continued Enforcement of Unfair Pricing

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The president recently issued an executive order (Order), targeting allegedly unfair pricing practices such as “scalping” and “junk fees” in live entertainment ticketing. The Order prioritizes enforcement of price...more

Hinch Newman LLP

The Implications of President Trump’s Live Entertainment Ticketing Executive Order on the Ticketing Market

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On March 31, 2025, the White House announced that President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designed “to protect fans from exploitative ticket scalping and bring commonsense reforms to America’s live entertainment...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market (Trump EO Tracker)

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Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ensure that competition laws are appropriately enforced in the concert and entertainment industry when venues, ticketing agencies, or a combination are...more

Mogin Law LLP

Algorithmic Price-Setting by Multiple Competitors is a U.S. Antitrust Enforcement Priority

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For the third time in as many months, the U.S. federal antitrust enforcement authorities -- the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice -- have filed a statement of interest in an...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

And Then There Were Three: CAA-ICM Merger Closes

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The consolidation trend in Hollywood continues with the closing of another big merger. The long-gestating acquisition of talent agency ICM Partners by its rival CAA closed today. The deal was first announced almost a year ago...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Media and Entertainment Industry Gets a Turn in DOJ-FTC Antitrust Hot Seat

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) held another installment of their "listening tour" on April 27, 2022,1 with a focus during this session on the media and...more

Miller Canfield

Does Your Human Resources Department Understand Antitrust?

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Several Hollywood companies have agreed to pay $170 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by animators who claimed their wages were depressed by unlawful anti-poaching agreements. The recent settlements highlight that now...more

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