Press Coverage September 19, 2025

FTC Alleges Ticketmaster Enables, Profits Off Scalping

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Bradley C. Weber

Brad Weber, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Business Litigation Practice Group, was quoted in the September 19, 2025 National Law Journal article, “FTC Alleges Ticketmaster Enables, Profits Off Scalping.”

Troutman Pepper Locke partner Brad Weber said antitrust regulators faced criticism for allowing the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger to close 15 years ago.

  • “A lot of people were predicting that with their combined market power, and how they’re vertically integrated, that that would cause a lot of these kinds of issues,” he said.
  • …
  • Weber said that “this is truly a populist cause. Tickets have gotten incredibly expensive.”
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