15 Apr Jury Finds Ticketmaster and Live Nation Maintained an Anticompetitive Monopoly

NEW YORK, NY –  After a five-week jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York before the Honorable Arun Subramanian, the jury found that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market through anticompetitive conduct that drove up fees for fans, limited touring options for artists, and pressured venues into exclusive Ticketmaster contracts.

Impact is proud to have worked alongside Winston & Strawn LLP and dozens of State Attorneys General. Our team supported several states in their case against Live Nation, and we are honored to have assisted New York Attorney General Letitia James and her exceptional team, along with attorneys from the offices of the Attorneys General of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia and ultimately concertgoers everywhere.

We are especially proud of our team members Brian Lee, Julia Lunavictoria, Mindy Cho, Willow Yang, Jadyn Pak, Rou Wen, Nancy Ramos, Nelly Lin, Artem Rozhkov, John Christopher, Micah Naylor, Ashley Termonfils, and Jesse Stevenson. Our contributions spanned in-court “hot seat” support, as well as the conceptualization, design, production, and presentation of demonstrative evidence.

The case is U.S. et al. v. Live Nation et al., case number 1:24‑cv‑03973, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.