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January 18, 2008 |

NJ man's sues online ticket firm, claiming it helps scalpers and hurts consumers

PITTSBURGH AP A New Jersey man is pursuing a class-action lawsuit against a western Pennsylvania firm that helps ticket brokers get around limits Ticketmaster sets for individuals who buy sports and entertainment tickets online.The firm, RMG Technologies, helps brokers buy large blocks of seats that are later resold to the public well above face value.
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February 24, 2010 |

The 'Phantom' Is Dead: Ticketmaster's Tricky Ticket Tactics Backfire

Thanks to the Federal Trade Commission, thousands of Bruce Springsteen concertgoers who were overcharged will be reimbursed by Ticketmaster and its affiliate TicketsNow in settlement over deceptive sales tactics.
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December 22, 2009 |

One Step Closer to Ticketmaster-Live Nation Deal

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer scored a victory today when the U.K.'s top competition regulator reversed course and cleared the way for a merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment and Live Nation Inc.
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February 11, 2009 |

Justice Dept. to probe Ticketmaster deal

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February 19, 2010 |

FTC: Springsteen Ticket Buyers Can Expect a Refund From Ticketmaster

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it has settled charges that Ticketmaster and its affiliate TicketsNow used "deceptive bait-and-switch tactics" to sell tickets to 16 Bruce Springsteen concerts last year. The settlement calls for Ticketmaster to refund the difference between the original price of each ticket -- $95 maximum -- and the amount charged by TicketsNow -- up to $400. The FTC also sent warning letters to other ticket resellers, putting them on notice of the agency's new standards.
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May 08, 2009 |

Class Action Alleges Ticketmaster Subsidiary Inflated Ticket Prices

February's scandal over the scalping of Bruce Springsteen tickets has led to a class action suit in federal court in Trenton, N.J., alleging that Ticketmaster routinely diverts online purchasers to a higher-priced vendor that it owns.
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May 06, 2009 |

Ticketmaster Subsidiary's Price Gouging Is Widespread, Says Class-Action Suit

A federal class-action suit alleges Ticketmaster's diverting of online buyers to a high-priced reseller is far more widespread than the scandal over Bruce Springsteen tickets last February and involves concerts of other popular artists — among them Britney Spears, Mylie Cyrus/ Hannah Montana, Phish, Radiohead and the Grateful Dead.
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February 24, 2009 |

Ticketmaster settles with NJ, faces Tues. hearings

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. AP - Ticketmaster has agreed to change its online sales process after it directed people seeking Bruce Springsteen tickets to a subsidiary that charged up to 50 times the face value.Ticketmaster reached a settlement with New Jersey, but the changes apply to all its sales nationwide, state Attorney General Anne Milgram said Monday.
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July 01, 2009 |

Complaints about concert tickets closes sites

CHICAGO AP - A Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Illinois Attorney General after complaints of overly high-priced tickets to Hannah Montana and Bruce Springsteen concerts.The state attorney general's office announced Tuesday that it had discovered TicketsNow operated Web sites with domain names that misled customers to believe it was affiliated with the concerts' event operators.
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December 10, 2009 |

Live Nation GC's Job Rocks ... Just Don't Ask Him About Ticketmaster

Michael Rowles, general counsel to the concert promoter that's signed acts like Shakira and U2, has a lot on his plate with the company's bid to merge with No. 1 ticket seller Ticketmaster, which is still under review by the Justice Department.
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