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Is the government’s case against Live Nation for allegedly monopolizing the concert industry really headed for a March 2 trial? That question has taken on a distinctly Trumpian hue, given the president’s abrupt firing of D.O.J. antitrust chief Gail Slater two weeks ago and chatter around the waning enforcement appetite inside the administration. The rumor mill has been whispering that Kellyanne Conway and Live Nation’s lobbying corps are gaining traction in their push to ease pressure on a potential Ticketmaster divestiture—and all that came before Judge Arun Subramanian’s summary judgment ruling on February 18.
