I Led the DOJ’s Antitrust Division. ‘David Beat Goliath’ in the Live Nation Case

Cătălin Roșioru

Last week, a coalition of more than 30 state attorneys general won a landmark monopolization case against Live Nation , the owner of Ticketmaster. The win alone was truly historic. As if this was not enough, the states prevailed in a jury trial in Manhattan, and the team that went to trial did so on a week’s notice after the DOJ abruptly dropped out as lead counsel in March. These factors combined shift the Live Nation case from “merely historic” to “unprecedented” in the antitrust hall of fame.

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