This archive contains coverage of stories related to the legal and legislative landscape for ticketing and ticket resale. Stories are ordered by date, with the most recent stories displaying first. You can view older stories by clicking through to higher numbered pages within the archive.
With the legislative session in New York coming to a close, lawmakers appear to have shelved a last-second and problematic proposed overhaul of the ticketing regulations in the state for…
Michigan’s House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to advance a bipartisan pair of “Taylor Swift”–inspired bills designed to crack down on automated ticket-buying “bots.” They don’t, however, require companies that…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has granted viagogo permission to reacquire StubHub trademarks and domain names in 22 territories outside the UK and Europe, ending a small but…
Consumer advocates returned to Beacon Hill in Boston this week, urging Massachusetts lawmakers to roll back a year-old law that allows sports teams, concert promoters and venues to block fans…
Consumer advocates have raised red flags over proposed ticketing legislation in New York, arguing that the last-minute proposed changes to ticketing regulations in the state further empower the “monopoly cartel”…
In a late-session twist in Albany, New York State Senator James Skoufis introduced a new ticketing bill (S.8221) last week. In immediate response, it was apparent that the Senator had…
Sports Fans Coalition is warning that the drive for price-cap legislation by industry insiders – largely Live Nation/Ticketmaster and AEG, and Oak View Group – would drive a sharp increase…
Federal antitrust investigators are examining whether Oak View Group (OVG) and Legends illegally coordinated their bids to design, build and run the University of Texas’ Moody Center, according to a…
When New York Sen. James Skoufis filed Senate Bill S 276 in January, consumer groups cheered its promise of lifetime bans for bot users, full transparency on the dirty business…
Live Nation Entertainment’s decision to add Richard Grenell — a longtime confidant of former President Donald Trump who now heads the Kennedy Center — to its board of directors is…