The Biden DOJ sued Live Nation (the parent company of Ticketmaster) in 2024 to break up Live Nation’s monopoly over live events. Now, after a jury trial commenced, the Trump DOJ is rolling over & settling. Doha Mekki, the Biden DOJ anti-trust lawyer who filed the lawsuit, joins Katie Phang to talk about why this is a weak settlement that doesn’t help consumers & how state attorneys general are the ones still forging ahead with the trial to battle anti-competition.
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