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By: Kemahl Franklyn
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a bipartisan multistate coalition have filed lawsuits this year against Live Nation Entertainment — the parent company of Ticketmaster — for alleged monopolistic practices. The goal of this aggressive antitrust enforcement action from the DOJ is to break up the company and free up competition in the live events industry.
“Live Nation’s ‘take rate’—the sum of the various cuts of fees and payments it takes through contracts across the concert industry — as the dominant intermediary is higher than it would be in a marketplace without Live Nation’s anticompetitive scheme,” the complaint said.
The Live Nation litigation is just the latest example of a sea change in U.S. antitrust enforcement.
American corporate executives have witnessed a sharp pivot in recent years with respect to antitrust enforcement policy, led by Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who was sworn in on June 15, 2021.
Antitrust is where the law meets the economic markets. It is the set of rules controlling the exercise of private economic power, addressing key business decisions such as what actions companies may or may not take to increase market share and size. The legislative foundation for antitrust enforcement was laid more than a century ago by The Sherman Act and The Clayton Act.
The rebirth of the antitrust enforcement movement is forcing businesses to suddenly recalibrate their risk profiles with respect to DOJ guidance. Having in place an effective antitrust compliance program is more important in 2024 than it has been in decades.
There are certain components that are essential to the creation and maintenance of an antitrust compliance program. These essential elements have been compiled and clearly articulated in a practice note published by Lexis Practical Guidance, “Antitrust Compliance: Drafting Policies and Procedures,” which was contributed by Douglas Tween, an antitrust partner at Linklaters LLP.
The practice note identifies seven components derived from recent DOJ guidance, as well as best practices observed across a wide range of U.S.-based and foreign domiciled companies:
LexisNexis offers a breadth of antitrust law resources to help guide legal practitioners with developing and maintaining effective antitrust compliance programs, such as:
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