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Ticketmaster - The FTC and seven states sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation alleging they deceived artists and consumers by engaging in bait-and-switch pricing through[...]
Tags:
- Consumer Protection
- Regional Offices
- Midwest Region
- Bureau of Consumer Protection
- deceptive/misleading conduct
- Entertainment
- Advertising and Marketing
Last Updated
September 18, 2025
Case Status
Pending
Federal Trade Commission; Attorney General of Colorado; Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Department of Legal Affairs; the People of the State of Illinois; State of Nebraska; State of Tennessee; State of Utah; Utah Division of Consumer Protection; and
Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiffs, v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and Ticketmaster, LLC, Defendants.
Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiffs, v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and Ticketmaster, LLC, Defendants.
Case Summary
The FTC and seven states sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation alleging they deceived artists and consumers by engaging in bait-and-switch pricing through advertising lower prices for tickets than what consumers must pay to purchase tickets; deceptively claimed to impose strict limits on the number of tickets that consumers could purchase for an event, even though ticket brokers routinely and substantially exceeded those limits; and sold millions of tickets, often at much higher cost to consumers, on its resale platform that those brokers obtained in excess of artists' ticket limits.
Case Timeline
September 18, 2025
File
Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Relief, Civil Penalties, and Other Relief (1.72 MB)
PRESS RELEASE: FTC Sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster for Engaging in Illegal Ticket Resale Tactics and Deceiving Artists and Consumers about Price and Ticket Limits
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