May 23, 2024: DOJ Sues Live Nation for Illegal Monopoly, Supreme Court Issues Racial Gerrymandering Decision, Justice Alito Faces More Backlash for Second Flag, and More.

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Jordan Berman

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🗓️ 23 May 2024

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1. DOJ and Others Sue Live Nation-Ticketmaster Alleging Illegal Monopoly (0:38)2. Supreme Court Releases Three Decisions; Breaking Down Racial Gerrymander Case Alexander vs. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (4:22)3. Quick Hitters: Scottie Scheffler's Arresting Officer Faces Disciplinary Action for Not Turning on Body Cam During Arrest, Justice Alito Faces More Criticism After Pictures Surface of Second Flag, American Airlines Issues Statement After Court Filing Blamed Young Girl for Bathroom Recording (13:58)Watch this episode on YouTube.Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok.All sources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:09.0	Today is Thursday, May 23rd, and this is your final news rundown of the week.
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0:31.7	Without further ado, let's get into today's stories.
0:35.4	Two main stories, and then we'll finish with quick hitters.
0:38.2	In an unsurprising move today, the DOJ and 30 state and district
0:41.9	attorneys general announced an antitrust lawsuit against
0:44.7	Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
0:47.2	The reason I say that it's unsurprising is because this has been rumored for at least a couple
0:51.6	of months the investigation's been going on since
0:54.0	2022 but here's what it's all about when it comes to antitrust lawsuits it's all
0:59.2	about monopolization and and restricting competition so or promoting competition but accusing the companies of restricting competition so in this case the government is alleging that live nation ticket master has a monopoly that is restricting competition in the market, it's depriving ticket innovation, it's inflating costs, all of these negative things.
1:19.2	According to the complaint, there are a variety of tactics that Live Nation Ticketmaster
1:24.0	have imposed to weed out competition and maintain their monopoly and
1:28.8	this includes one tactic that Live Nation refers to as its Flywheel. The DOJ says that the
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