Ticketmaster Under Fire: FTC Lawsuit Over Hidden Fees, DOJ Antitrust Case Explained
Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment are facing an unprecedented one-two punch from U.S. regulators. In one case…
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FTC Sues Ticketmaster, Says Company “Turned a Blind Eye” to Bots While Deceiving Fans
The Federal Trade Commission and seven state attorneys general filed suit Thursday against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, alleging the companies…
FTC Reportedly Probing Ticketmaster’s “Bots” Stopping Efforts
The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly in the advanced stages of an investigation into whether Ticketmaster has done enough to…
Dallas Officials Accuse Oak View Group of Misleading Event Organizers in Fair Park Transition
Tensions between Dallas officials and Oak View Group (OVG) have escalated in the final days of the company’s tenure managing…
Live Nation, Latham Face Scrutiny Over Arbitration Ties in Ticket Pricing Lawsuit
Live Nation Entertainment is once again under pressure over its arbitration practices, with a federal judge in New York granting…
Senators, AGs Sound Alarm Over Political Influence in DOJ Antitrust Enforcement
A growing chorus of lawmakers and state attorneys general are raising alarms over what they call unlawful political influence within…
New Ticketmaster T&Cs “very close to line” of violating arbitration judgement
Ticketmaster quietly overhauled its Terms of Use this month, publishing an updated version on August 12 that keeps most consumer…
SeatGeek Faces Class Action Over TikTok, Meta Data Sharing
SeatGeek is facing a new class action lawsuit accusing the ticketing platform of violating California privacy laws by installing tracking…
Teen Convicted in Taylor Swift Vienna Show Terror Plot, Receives Suspended Sentence
A 16-year-old Syrian national has received a suspended sentence after a failed terror plot targeted Taylor Swift’s shows in Vienna…
GOP Lawmakers Continue Pressure on Irving Azoff for Detailed FireAid Accounting
Two senior House Republicans are demanding a full accounting of how FireAid has distributed money raised by January’s star-studded benefit…