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Ticketmaster Live Nation Deal - What Happened to the DOJ?
A handful of states sued over the Ticketmaster Live Nation deal, as did the Justice Department. The plaintiffs ultimately allowed the merger to go through, but put in place a consent decree with a set of conditions and divestitures designed to ensure competition. Under pre-1980s understanding of anti-merger law, the DOJ would have certainly sued to stop that acquisition.