US EditionDepartment of Justice and FTC Launch Inquiry Into Event Ticketing Business
- On May 7, 2025, the U.S. Justice Department along with the Federal Trade Commission initiated an investigation into potentially unfair and anti-competitive activities within the live event ticketing sector.
- This action follows President Trump's March 31, 2025, executive order directing these agencies to enforce competition laws and report on regulations to protect consumers.
- The inquiry coincides with an ongoing DOJ lawsuit against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for alleged monopoly, involving 40 states and seeking the company's breakup.
- FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson stated that numerous people in the U.S. Believe ticket bots, scalpers, and deceptive tactics are making it increasingly difficult to afford live event tickets.
- The agencies will accept public comments until July 7, 2025, to guide enforcement actions aimed at increased competition benefiting fans and artists.
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DOJ And FTC Take Public Comments In Inquiry Of Live Concert Ticketing Market
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have launched a public comment period in their inquiry into unfair and uncompetitive practices in ticketing in the live concert and event business. Public comments are being taken online, with a deadline of July 6. Donald Trump signed an executive order in March, ombating Unfair Practices in […]
Senate Committee Passes Blackburn's Bills Seeking to Improve Online Ticket Selling and 9-1-1 Systems - Tennessee Star
The Senate Commerce Committee passed two bipartisan bills this week that Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sponsored. Blackburn’s first legislative proposal, the Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for (MAIN) Event Ticketing Act, requires online ticket sellers to report successful bot attacks to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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