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Jury verdict against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, 15 April 2026

A jury, in a trial 33 states and D.C. continued after the Justice Department and several states settled, found Live Nation and Ticketmaster liable on every antitrust claim put to it: monopolizing primary ticketing and large amphitheaters, and tying amphitheaters to promotion. It set a $1.72 overcharge per ticket at major concert venues in 22 states. Post-trial motions and remedies, including a possible breakup, had no ruling in reports to late October 2026.

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A jury, in a trial 33 states and D.C. continued after the Justice Department and several states settled, found Live Nation and Ticketmaster liable on every antitrust claim put to it: monopolizing primary ticketing and large amphitheaters, and tying amphitheaters to promotion. It set a $1.72 overcharge per ticket at major concert venues in 22 states. Post-trial motions and remedies, including a possible breakup, had no ruling in reports to late October 2026.

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  1. 15 Apr 2026 – Jury verdict against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, 15 April 2026
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  1. Live Nation and Ticketmaster Operate as an Illegal Monopoly, Jury Finds in Landmark Antitrust Trial, TicketNews, Apr 2026. Scholarship & press
    Defense lawyer David Marriott summed that position up bluntly in closing: “Success is not against the antitrust laws.”
  2. Live Nation/Ticketmaster Antitrust Verdict: Key Takeaways from the States’ Jury Trial Win, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 20 Apr 2026. Scholarship & press
    Live Nation issued a press release noting that the award only applies to tickets sold to fans at 257 venues (20% of all tickets sold) in certain states over the past five years and estimating that the single damages figure would be less than $150 million, before trebling.
    finding that the companies unlawfully monopolized primary ticketing services and amphitheaters and tied their amphitheaters to concert promotion services
  3. Federal Jury Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Act as Monopoly in Antitrust Trial, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, 17 Apr 2026. Scholarship & press
    On April 15, 2026, a federal district court jury in the Southern District of New York found Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated an illegal monopoly that overcharged consumers.
  4. Judge Probes Evidence Behind Live Nation Monopoly Verdict, Leaves Ruling Pending, TicketNews, Aug 2026. Scholarship & press
    did not immediately rule on the companies’ request to erase the jury verdict or order an entirely new trial
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  1. Second revision of Too Big to Fail: the FTC's 1917 finding, the 1952 report's seven firms, the 1984 hearing record, and corrected cards for Spirit, beef, tickets, Google and the final verdictAlibek05663c47
  2. Revise Too Big to Fail after the skeptic's review: read to 2 November 2026, a verdict card that separates findings from shares, the 1929 fight with its scandal and the board's stand, and sources for every cardAlibekc819f2cb
  3. Add the story Too Big to Fail: Standard Oil's stockholders, the phrase's origin in 1984, and market-by-market cases to November 2026Alibekaa9c434d

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