{"id":10856,"date":"2026-06-02T18:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/live-nation-ticketmaster-katy-perry-case-j-cole-settlement-music-law\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:30:58","slug":"live-nation-ticketmaster-katy-perry-case-j-cole-settlement-music-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/live-nation-ticketmaster-katy-perry-case-j-cole-settlement-music-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Nation-Ticketmaster, Katy Perry Case, J. Cole Settlement: Music Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n

\n\tThe entire music industry is asking the same question: Will Live Nation and Ticketmaster get broken up?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s what critics have wanted since the two concert giants merged in 2010. It\u2019s what federal watchdogs promised when they filed a blockbuster antitrust case in 2024. And it\u2019s what state attorneys general are now demanding after they decisively won that case.<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tBut in the immortal words of Neil Sedaka, breaking up is hard to do<\/em>. <\/p>\n

\n\tBreakups have been granted only a few times in over a century of antitrust history, and in recent years judges have opted for less-drastic options in monopoly suits against Microsoft and Google. And yet, experts tell Billboard<\/em> that Live Nation-Ticketmaster\u2019s own<\/em> history might still change the calculus. For more, go read our entire story here.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019re reading The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from <\/em>Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday, subscribe here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tOther top stories this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t-A Texas millionaire was ordered to repay $3 million worth of Katy Perry\u2019s legal fees after losing to the pop star in a yearslong legal battle over a California mansion sale.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Taylor Swift\u2019s attorneys argued in court that the First Amendment protects The Life of a Showgirl <\/em>from a trademark case filed a Vegas cabaret performer who hosts a show called \u201cConfessions of a Showgirl.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Sabrina Carpenter got a restraining order against an alleged stalker who supposedly surveilled her Los Angeles home for a month before attempting to break in.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013J. Cole and Cam\u2019ron reached a settlement to end their bitter lawsuit over the creation of the duo\u2019s \u201cReady \u201924\u201d collab, which centered on an alleged promise by Cole to appear on Cam\u2019s podcast.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Billy Joel has warned that a planned unauthorized biopic called Billy & Me is \u201clegally misguided,\u201d but his lawyers can\u2019t do much about it since stories about real events are core free speech.<\/p>\n

\n\t-An appeals court revived a lawsuit against George Clinton claiming a portion of the Parliament-Funkadelic catalog is co-owned by the heirs of late keyboardist Bernie Worrell.<\/p>\n

\n\t-Rapper Boosie Badazz was hit with a felony assault charge in Houston over accusations that he smashed a nightclub bouncer in the head with a glass hookah.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Larry Jackson\u2019s label Gamma filed a lawsuit seeking to identify the anonymous owners of websites that say the company engaged in fraud, arguing the claims are defamatory.<\/p>\n

\n\t-Sony Music\u2019s top lawyer Julie Swidler<\/strong> announced she was leaving the music giant after 18 years. Rob Stringer<\/strong> called her \u201ca bedrock of our company\u2019s strategy and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t-A judge ruled that an attorney for one of Nelly\u2019s former St. Lunatics bandmates must repay $67,000 the star spent on legal bills defeating a \u201cfrivolous\u201d lawsuit over Country Grammar.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013M.I.A. is suing Kid Cudi for more than $2.8 million, claiming in the lawsuit that he illegally kicked her off his Rebel Rangers Tour for making political statements onstage.<\/p>\n

\n\t-A judge ruled that gossip blogger Milagro Gramz is not entitled to special legal protections for journalists, since Tory Lanez paid her to post negatively about Megan Thee Stallion.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013Rihanna\u2019s Savage X Fenty lingerie brand was hit with a class action demanding it return \u201ctariff surcharges\u201d after SCOTUS overturned the Trump administration\u2019s sweeping duties.<\/p>\n


\"Billboard
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The entire music industry is asking the same question: Will Live Nation and Ticketmaster get broken up? It\u2019s what critics have wanted since the two concert giants merged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[294,6961,8075,153,344,593,6597,6462,399],"class_list":["post-10856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawyers","tag-case","tag-cole","tag-katy","tag-law","tag-live","tag-music","tag-nationticketmaster","tag-perry","tag-settlement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}