Oregon DOJ urges expanded state antitrust capacity after jury verdict in Ticketmaster case
Oregon Department of Justice briefed the Senate committee on multistate antitrust enforcement, business witnesses described harms from consolidation in live entertainment, and the DOJ asked the Emergency Board for 16 additional antitrust positions funded without general funds.
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Leslie Wu of the Oregon Department of Justice told the Senate Interim Committee on Labor and Business that antitrust enforcement is increasingly important as federal enforcement capacity contracts. Wu said the office is litigating high-profile matters (including a NexstarTegna broadcast merger and a KrogerAlbertsons grocery merger challenge) and described the multistate trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, where the multistate coalition rejected a DOJ settlement and proceeded to trial.
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