Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said her office will not join a settlement between Live Nation and the U.S. Department of Justice and will continue to litigate their claims alongside a multistate coalition.
The announcement follows a settlement the DOJ said it reached with Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, to resolve federal antitrust claims brought with a broad, bipartisan coalition of states.
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Nessel and the multistate coalition said they will not sign on to that settlement and instead will pursue their claims separately from the federal government, according to a release.
Attorney General Nessel released the following statement on Monday, March 9:
“Michigan will not be a party to the preposterous settlement negotiated between Live Nation and the U.S. Department of Justice. We remain aligned with our state co-plaintiffs and will pursue our claims without the DOJ, who would rather preserve the interests of those with the ear of this corrupt administration than take on the Live Nation monopoly.
Rather than arguing their case at trial, Live Nation instead ran to the political leadership of the DOJ— where crony corruption carried the day. Time and again this administration has abandoned any efforts at meaningful consumer protection work, leaving it to the states alone to protect customers across this country. We can’t break monopolies by engaging in pay-to-play schemes with the nation’s wealthiest, most politically connected, companies."
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel
In addition to Michigan, the other states continuing the case include Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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