TN and VA join lawsuit against Ticketmaster/Live Nation

Both Tennessee and Virginia attorney general’s have joined a federal lawsuit targeting Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation, accusing the companies of allowing ticket scalpers to drive up prices and shut out fans. The case, filed in California, alleges that brokers created fake accounts, used software to flood the system with logins and hid behind proxy servers to avoid detection. It also alleged that they then bought more tickets than allowed and resold them at inflated prices. The complaint says that Ticketmaster not only ignored the schemes but sometimes facilitated resale on its own platform. Lawyers are arguing that it violates the federal BOTS Act. The case will now move forward in federal court.