‘Selective non-prosecution of political allies’ — a week after the DOJ deal, a 27-state jury finds an illegal monopoly

The Justice Department’s decision to abandon its monopoly case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster through a settlement just one week into trial drew pointed public criticism from the prosecutors who built and led it.

라이브네이션-티켓마스터 합의, 전직 DOJ 반독점 검사들이 정면 비판
미 법무부, 라이브네이션–티켓마스터 반독점 소송에서 중도 합의로 발을 뺀 가운데, 주 정부들이 재판을 이어가 불법 독점 평결을 이끌어내며 정치적 개입 논란이 확산
K-EnterTech HubJung Han

The suit — filed under the Biden administration alongside more than 30 states and years in the making — targeted a market whose concentration traces back to the companies’ 2010 merger and a consent decree that, by the prosecutors’ account, failed to function over the following 16 years.

Speaking at the National Independent Venues Alliance (NIVA) annual conference, which opened Monday in Minneapolis, former DOJ Deputy Director of Litigation David Dahlquist said he believed the government would win when he delivered the opening statement, and still held that conviction when the settlement was entered. He knew the case, the witnesses and the evidence, he told the audience.