The United States Department of Justice announced Thursday that it is suing Ticketmaster, and its parent company Live Nation, for violating anti-trust laws. It comes after years of complaints from concert-goers,

The Department of Justice is seeking to break up the existing ties between Live Nation and Ticketmaster. On Thursday (May 23), The New York Times reported that the DOJ and a group of states plan to sue the entertainment giant,

The Justice Department accused Live Nation of a slew of practices that allow it to maintain a stronghold over the live music scene.

Filed alongside 30 state and district attorneys general in federal court in the Southern District of New York, the DoJ says Live Nation Entertainment's monopoly has

The world’s largest entertainment company is being sued by the US government, which claims the entertainment giant is unlawfully monopolising the industry and harming fans, performers, venues and promoters in the process.

The U.S. Department of Justice, along with 29 states and the District of Columbia, has filed an antitrust suit against Live Nation.

In an antitrust lawsuit, the government says Live Nation leveraged its sprawling footprint to box out rivals, undermining consumer choice and pushing up prices.

The U.S. Department of Justice's effort to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster has been a long time coming, following years of complaints from concertgoers who say they've been squeezed by exorbitant prices and hidden fees when trying to

Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit have been hit with the first in a likely wave of new consumer antitrust lawsuits after the U.S. government and states sued to break up the two companies on Thursday.

Jeffrey Jacobovitz, former Federal Trade Commission Attorney, weighs in on the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against the country’s biggest ticketing website, alleging they hold a monopoly to stifle competition.