LIVE NATION'S ALLEGED MISCONDUCT Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged in January 2010 but were under a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") to preserve competition in the live events market. In 2019, Live Nation faced federal scrutiny for pressuring concert venues to use Ticketmaster over other systems in five incidents, which would have violated the consent decree. To resolve these claims, the company extended the consent decree to expire in December 2025 and added new provisions.